Lillian Beatrice Harms
Obituary
HESSTON - Lillian Beatrice Harms, 91, passed away on Dec.
27, 2014, at Pine Village Nursing Home, Moundridge.
She was born Nov. 15, 1923, at Boyd, Oklahoma, the daughter
of Fred F. and Susie Wedel Just. She received her Associates Degree in Music
from Tabor College in 1943 and for 52 years she taught piano lessons. She was a
member of the Kansas Music Teacher's Association and Hesston Mennonite Brethren
Church.
On June 2, 1946, she married Andrew "Andy" Harms
at Lehigh. He passed away on March 18, 2013. Andy and Lillian were tour guides
for Prudent Tours.
She is survived by her children, Roger (Cindy Holman) Harms
of Edmond, Oklahoma, Larry Harms of Houston, James "Jim" (Michelle)
Harms of Wichita, Margaret (Tom) Knoll of Chandler, Arizona; seven
grandchildren, Matthew Harms, Christiana Harms, Nathan Harms, Megan Barnard,
Kaitlyn Brown, Tim Knoll, Katie Knoll; two great-grandchildren, Maisie and
Andrew Harms.
She was preceded in death by her husband; one brother,
Harold Just; and one sister, Rubena Newland. Family received friends from 6 to
8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, at Miller-Ott Funeral Home, Hesston. Memorial
service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, at the Hesston Mennonite
Brethren Church, with Pastor Brad Burkholder officiating. Burial will be in the
Hesston City Cemetery.
Memorials are established for the Tabor College Music
Signature Campaign or Pine Village Nursing Home, in care of Miller-Ott Funeral
Home, Hesston.
