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Harris, Walter Heck (Bud)

Harris, Walter Heck (Bud)

Male 1938 - 2014  (76 years)

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  • Name Harris, Walter Heck (Bud) 
    Born 15 Jan 1938  Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Jan 2014  Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Portales Cemetery - Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Findagrave.com Memorial #123977605
    Person ID I12012  Coursey-Sansing Tree
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 

    Family McKinley, Janita Kay,   b. 24 May 1937, Melrose, Curry County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 2009, Covenant Medical Center - Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 22 Jan 1959  Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Harris, Andrea
     2. Harris, Brian
     3. Harris, Patti
     4. Harris, Steve
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2020 
    Family ID F4867  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    • Obituary


       


      Walter "Bud" Harris
      January 15, 1938-January 17, 2014
      A memorial service for Walter "Bud" Harris will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 25, 2014, at the Portales Church of the Nazarene, 823 University Drive, Portales, NM. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the COPD Foundation or American Cancer Society may be made. Cremation has taken place and a private interment will be held at the Portales Cemetery.
      Walter "Bud" Harris passed away on January 17, 2014, in Albuquerque, NM. Bud was born in Clovis, NM on January 15, 1938, to Mary & Heck Harris. Bud married the love of his life, Janita Kay McKinley, on January 22, 1959, in Portales, New Mexico.
      Bud received his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Western New Mexico University in Silver City, NM which he put to use in America's Space Race working in New Mexico and California on the Minute Men missiles. The family moved to Florida when Bud joined North American Rockwell to work at Cape Canaveral in Titusville, FL on the space shots to the moon. The family returned to Portales where he completed his Masters in Business Administration from Eastern New Mexico University. He worked for the New Mexico Department of Health as an administrator of several county health offices until his retirement in 1996.
      He is survived by his four children, Andrea (Michael) Kyte of Tres Piedras, NM, Brian (Connie) Harris of Elizabeth, CO., Patti (Tim) Richardson of Portales, NM, Steve (Diane) Harris of Roswell, NM, seven grandchildren & five great-grandchildren, a brother, John Harris of Albuquerque, NM and a sister, Mary Nell Harris of Albuquerque, NM, two sisters-in-law, Malinda Harris, Ouida Lowrey and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Bud is preceded in death by his wife, Janita Harris, his parents, Mary & Heck Harris, a sister, Martha Jo Trujillo and a brother, Murray Harris.
      Arrangements are under the direction of Wheeler Mortuary of Portales. 575-356-4455, wheelermortuary.net

      Published in the Clovis News Journal and Portales News-Tribune on Jan. 23, 2014