Interment: will follow in the Eastern Montana State Veterans Cemetery with full military honors
Everett LorenHarr, age 84, of Hemet, California, formerly of Miles City, Montana passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2004 at the Hemet Valley Hospital in Hemet, California.
Everett was born on October 31, 1920 in Miles City, Montana, the son of Harry and Blanche (Eastling)Horr. He was raised and attended schools in Miles City and graduated from Custer County High School in 1939. Everett then attended the University of Montana in Missou1a, Montana on a basketball scholarship. In 1941, Everett and Jessie Halley McCartney were united in marriage in Missoula. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps. in 1942 and served during WWII Everett was honorably discharged in 1945 and returned to Missoula for a short time before moving to South San Francisco, California where he owned his own appliance business. He then began working for the Gibson Company which later became White Manufacturing Inc. He made the appliance industry his lifetime career and while doing so lived in Sunnyvale and San Jose, California. In 1986, Everett retired as the Western Division Manager for White Manufacturing, Inc. and moved to Sun City West, AZ. In 1993 he moved to Hemet, California and in June of 1999, his wife Jessie passed away. In September, 2001, Everett and his brother, Lyle, made a trip back to Miles Citywhere Everett found his high school sweetheart, Kathleen. (Lockwood)Smith. He convinced her to visit him in Hemet and they were married in November of 2001 in Hemet, California where theyhave made their home ever since.
Everett was preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Harriet Lavonne, his first wife, Jessie, and a step-daughter, Colleen Berry Bennett.
He is survived by his wife, Kathleen. of Hemet, and his brother, LyleHorr, also of Hemet, his step-granddaughter, Debbie Berry and her companion, Bob Schwartz of Sebastopol, CA, a stepdaughter, Cathy Wilson, and husband, Monty of Kent, WA, and three step-grandchildren,: Krista Kelley, her husband, Rob, of Indio, CA, Janel Dawson, her husband, Jeff, of Covington, Washington, and Adam Wilson of Auburn, Washington. Also two step-great granddaughters, Riley Kelley of Indio, CA and Marisa Dawson of Covington, WA.
A memorial service was held on December 23, 2004 at the United Methodist Church in Hemet, CA. A memorial service inMiles City, MT with interment to follow in the Eastern Montana State Veteran's Cemetery will be held at a later date. Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home of Miles City is in charge of local arrangements. Should friends wish, condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.stevensonandsons.com.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Cancer Society, or charity of one's choice.
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