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Jonathan Joseph Harris - Class Of 1971 VIEW PROFILE

Jonathan Joseph Harris

 

 

 

Jonathan Joseph Harris

Apr. 22, 1953 - Jul. 24, 2003

 

Jonathan Joseph Harris, 50, of Los Angeles, Calif., died on Thursday, July 24, 2003.

He was born April 22, 1953, in South Bend, Ind., to the late Joseph C. and Johnnie B. (Walker) Harris. He attended Linden Elementary School and Central High School, graduating in 1971 from LaSalle High School where he was valedictorian of his class as well as senior class president. Jonathan also played percussion in the band and was yearbook editor.

After attending Northwestern University for two years, he completed his bachelor of arts degree in journalism at Indiana University, Bloomington. Jonathan was a talented writer and had contributed articles to the South Bend Tribune and the South Bend Communicator. At one point he worked as a copywriter and newsman at WNDU radio. He later worked as a writer for various newspapers and also as a freelance writer in Chicago, Indianapolis and Los Angeles.

He is survived by three sisters, Deborah (Lawrence) Dwyer and Brenda Bradley of South Bend, and Sharon Wisely of Durham, N.C.; two nephews, Christopher Dwyer of New Haven, Mich., and Wesley (Tanisha) Harris of South Bend; four nieces, Cynthia (Michael) Guest of South Bend, Elizabeth Dwyer (Elarryo Bolden) of Los Angeles, Salena Smith of Raleigh, N.C., and Jennifer (Juan) McPherson of Stony Point, N.C.; two uncles, J.C. Harris and Charles (Willa) Harris of Chicago; two aunts, Inez Walker of South Bend and Doris (Willie) Leach of Chicago; and by many cousins, grandnephews, grandnieces and other relatives.

Funeral services for Jonathan J. Harris will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11, in the Clark-O'Neal Funeral Home, 2702 Lincoln Way West in South Bend. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 10, in the funeral home.

The Clark-O'Neal Funeral Home has been entrusted with funeral arrangements.

Published in the South Bend Tribune on August 9, 2003.

 

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