Bill E. Harris
(December 29, 1925 – January 22, 2023)
Bill Eugene Harris, 97, passed away on January 22, 2023, at his home in Littleton, Colorado. He was the only child born to Myrtle Edith Edington Harris and Douglas Whitney Harris at the Harris Ranch in Grand Mesa, Colorado in his grandparent’s home. He lived nearby with his parents at their ranch where he was an independent and well-loved boy, roaming and freely exploring his beloved Grand Mesa. He briefly attended Molina’s two-room schoolhouse and the small school in Mesa until the 11th grade when he moved to Grand Junction to finish school where he boarded at his aunt Julia Harris’ home. While at Grand Junction High School he met Evelyn Lucille Tebedo whom he would go on to marry on September 2, 1950.
Upon graduation, Bill entered the US Navy serving from March 1944 to 1946. He then attended school at Mesa…
