Elsie Harris, age 82 years, of Deepwater, Missouri passed away Sunday, April 27, 2014 at Truman Lake Manor, Lowry City, Missouri.  Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri.  The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.  A second visitation will be held from 10:00-11:00 A.M. Monday, May 5, 2014 at Boultinghouse Funeral Home, Rockport, Indiana with a graveside service following at 11:30 A.M. in Skelton Cemetery, Tennyson, Indiana.  The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Alzheimer's Association and may be left in care of the funeral home.  Fond memories and condolences can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com .

Elsie was born October 27, 1931 in Newtonville, Indiana the daughter of Joseph and Zina Beatrice (Ellsworth) Ewing.  She worked as the Deepwater City Collector for 20 years, retiring in 1994.  Elsie served on the Deepwater Senior Housing Board and Deepwater Cemetery Board.  She loved to travel, and in her younger years she enjoyed bowling.  Elsie had resided in Deepwater, Missouri since 1963.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Stewart and Bea Ewing, her husband, Shirley 'Dick' Harris in September of 1995, one son, William "Billy" Harris, and one daughter, Barbara "Jeannie" Sizemore.

Among survivors are three daughters; Mary (Ron) Johnson, Lisa (Tom) Hardy of Indian Springs, Nevada, and Kay (Richard) Harris of Deepwater, Missouri, daughter-in-law, Mildred Harris of Rockport, Indiana, as well as several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  Also surviving are two sisters, Wanda Poole and Linda Ewing of Rockport, Indiana, and her brother, Donnie (Ramona) Ewing of Mansfield, Louisiana.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.