Ella Harris

ELLA HARRIS

Iowa City

Ella Mae Harris, 91, lifelong resident of Iowa City, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at Crestview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in West Branch. She had made her home at Bickford Cottage for several years before her

illness. Funeral services will be 5 p.m. Saturday, July 19, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, with the Rev. Arnette Pint officiating. Visitation will be 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday (two hours before the service) at the funeral home. Family graveside services will be in Oakland Cemetery at a later time.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Ronald McDonald House Charities or St. Mark's United Methodist Church.

Online condolences may be sent for Ella's family through the Web at www. gayandciha.com.

Ella Mae Goody was born Oct. 28, 1922, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Glenn and Clara (Schump) Goody. She attended Iowa City schools, graduating from City High School in 1941, and later from Iowa City Commercial College. Before her marriage she worked as a bookkeeper at Iowa Water Service Co. On Aug. 28, 1951, she married Dale C. Harris. Ella was a member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church, where she was involved with United Methodist Women.

Her family includes her sister, Edith Swails of Iowa City; nephew, Jerry Swails and his wife, Christine Taylor, of Iowa City; nephew, Jerry Harris and his wife, Joanne, of Normandy Park, Wash.; nephew Denny's wife, Jeanne Goody of Coon Valley, Wis.; niece, Susan Heine and her husband, Henry, of Janesville; and sister-in-law, Shirley Harris (Lester D.) of Iowa City.

Ella was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dale in 1998; three brothers, Clifford, Maurice and Lawrence Goody; brother-in-law, Daryl Swails; one niece, Jean Swails; and one nephew, Dennis Goody.

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service of Iowa City is caring for Ella's services and her family.