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AUGUST 15, 2011
Ltona Jaan Harriss, Uft, and
Barbara Schlapia
Leona Jean Harriss
Oct. 5, 1974 - Dec. 25, 2010
Tribal member Leona Jean Har
riss was born on Oct. 5, 1974, in
Portland, Ore., and walked on Dec.
25, 2010, on Christmas Day, only
36 years old.
She was born to Barbara Schlap
pie and Fred Chippewa and raised
by her mother and stepfather Dan
Alexander. She was the oldest
of four children and much later
gained a stepbrother.
She was the best sister and was
always there for the kids. She al
ways protected them and made sure
they were all safe and taken care of.
When Leona was a child, her grandmother, Marie Quigly, nicknamed
her "Gimme" because Leona would always say, "Gimme, gimme."
Leona loved people and was well-known in the community and fast to
meet people wherever she was or went. She always had something to say
that made you smile or laugh. And when there was someone in need, she
would be the one to open her door or loving arms to help a person out.
And when Leona was eight months pregnant with her youngest
child, Nattie, she went hunting for a week on the Reservation with
her close cousin, Tyrone Rock, and was bound and determined that
she was going to get a deer or a bear. She was always doing something
out of the ordinary, but Leona loved nature and the wild. She was
always learning about Mother Earth and teaching us new things.
She was a Miss Fix-It; she could fix anything and if we needed a
raincoat, she would tear up a garbage bag and make one. She was
always looked to when we didn't know something or had a question.
Leona will be loved and missed by all.
She is survived by her mother, Barbara Schlappie; stepfather, Dan
Alexander; brothers and sisters-in-law, Daniel and Corina Alexander
and David Alexander and Rosa Rodriguez; sister and brother-in-law,
Lisa and Alan Deatherage; stepbrother, Cody Alexander; daughters,
Alicea and Andrea Leon and Natalia Harriss; son, Anthony Harriss;
nieces, Ashley Ehlers, Aleha Alexander, Alina Alexander, Jasmine
Alexander, Desiree Alexander, Arrianna Alexander and Daysha
Deatherage; and nephew, Dominic Alexander.
Leona's last words in life were, "I miss my children." And her wish
for herself was to be cremated and have her ashes spread on Spirit
Mountain. We ask all who knew Leona or were related to her to join
us in her honor and spread her ashes so she can fly.
The family will be meeting at the Tribal cemetery in Grand Ronde
at noon Saturday, Aug. 20.
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