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Kenneth Girdner Harper

Male 1926 - 2008  (82 years)


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  • Name Kenneth Girdner Harper  [1, 2
    Birth 15 Jan 1926  Webb, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Apr 2008  Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Notes 
    • Kenneth Girdner Harper, 82, long-time resident of Plant City, Florida, and formerly of Two Buttes, Colorado, was born January 15, 1926 in Webb, Colorado to Ralph Eugene and Dottie Mearl Harper. He departed this life April 24, 2008, at University Community Hospital in Tampa, Florida. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, and brothers Wilbur, Walter, and George.
Survivors include his daughter{ Karen Harper of Plant City, FL}; four sons{, Rodger of Pueblo, CO, Donald of Owasso, OK, Rex Harper of Lamar, CO and Gary Harper of Pueblo West, CO}; grandchildren and great-grandchildren; brothers{, Vernon Harper of Syracuse, KS and Ralph Harper, Jr. of Denver, CO}; sister{, Mary Lou Weldon, Denver, CO}, numerous nieces and nephews and other family & many friends.
Kenneth farmed and ranched in the Southeast Colorado area for many years. After moving to Florida he was a cattle order buyer and then opened a wholesale plant nursery, which he fully enjoyed until his retirement.
Mr. Harper requested cremation and that no services be held. Arrangements were handled by Florida Mortuary in Tampa, Florida. [3]
    Person ID I32697  Mindrum
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2011 

    Father Ralph Eugene Harper,   b. 8 Feb 1888, Princeton, Mercer, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1974, Prowers, Bent, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Dottie Muriel Girdner,   b. 21 Dec 1890, Millgrove, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1938, Prowers, Bent, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Family ID F22387  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Living
     5. Living
    Family ID F22394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2011 

  • Sources 
    1. [S5831] 1930 US Census, Colorado, Prowers, Webb, Enum. Dist. 50-18, sheet 2B.

    2. [S5830] Ancestry Public Trees, Harper Family Tree, www.ancestry.com.

    3. [S6051] Kenneth Girdner Harper obituary, Fort Morgan, CO Times, 16 Jun 2008.

    4. [S16] Social Security Death Index.