Harlan Gittins, 80, former Anita resident and Cass County supervisor,
died Tuesday, Feb. 2 (1982) at the Cass County Memorial Hospital. He was a resdent of 501 E. Fifth Street.
Mr. Gittins was county supervisor from the Anita area for 16 years. The son of William James and Della Elma
Shifflett Gittins, he was born March 24, 1901, four miles south of Griswold and attended the Elliott High School.
In 1922 he moved to a farm east of Oakland and was married to Evelyn E. Nash Aug. 18, 1929, at Leavenworth, Kan.
They farmed in the Oakland and Anita areas and moved to Arkansas in 1970. The coupole returned to Cass County
in 1979, moving to Atlantic. He was a member of the United Church of Christ and a member of the Masons and Eartern
Star.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Edward (Betty) Sheeder of Pilot Point, Texas; four grandsons, Kraig
Sheeder of Sanger, Texas, Jeffery Sheeder of Robertsville, Mo., Miles and Ward Sheeder, both of Denton, Texas;
four great-grandchildren, Michael J., Amy L., Joshua P. and Michael G.; two nieces, Mrs. Jay (Kay) Martin of Trenton,
Mo., who made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Gittins, and Mrs. Wayne (Ruth Jean) Ellis of Oakland, Calif. He was preceded
in death by his parents and a brother, Theron Robert Gittins.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Roland Funeral Home, with the Rev. Claude Wood of the United
Church of Christ officiating. Mrs. Doris Reed was organist and selections were "How Great Thou Art"
and "In the Garden." Mr. and Mrs. Ray Laartz, and Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Wahlert were in charge of flowers.
Grandsons serving as honorary bearers were Kraig, Miles, Ward and Jeffrey Sheeder. Pall bearers were Vyrle DeVoss,
Alvin Wahlert, Don Pollock, John Robinson, Herbert Chadwick and Charles Hess. Burial was in the Oakland Cemetery
at Oakland. Masonic services were conducted by Obedience Lodge 380 AF & AM. |
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