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Obituary- Harden, Ova 1

Ova Harden
Ova Henry Harden, 69, Topeka, died Thursday, July 8, 1999, at his home.

Mr. Harden retired from Dean’s Excavation, and as office manager of the Century Lumber Co. He earlier had worked for Gregg Tire and Goodyear Tire. He also farmed his entire life.

He was born July 21, 1929, in Dover, the son of Orval Henry and Goldie Bell Lister Harden. He attended Rossville High School and graduated from Silver Lake High School. He earned an accounting degree at Washburn University. He lived most his life in the Silver Lake and Bethel communities.

Mr. Harden was a member of Bethel Chapel Community Church, Bethel Literary Society and Moose Lodge No. 555. He also had coached boys baseball and girls softball in Silver Lake and Topeka.

He married Erma Ruth Anderson on May 15, 1948, in Topeka. She survives.

Other survivors include a son, Kenneth Harden, Fremont, Calif.; two daughters, Kathy Hogle, Topeka, and Pam Pittenger, Raleigh, N.C.; three brothers, Orval "Son” Harden, Flush, Robert Harden, Rossville, and Wilbur Harden, Cleveland, N.C.; three sisters, Loretta Murray and Marcella Wunder, both of Topeka, and Lola Patton, Poulsbo, Wash.; and seven grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Parker-Price Mortuary. Burial will be in Prairie Home Cemetery. Mr. Harden will lie in state after 11 a.m. Sunday at the mortuary, where relatives and friends will meet from 5 to 7 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Bethel Community Chapel and sent in care of Bruce Ferguson, 2108 S,.E. 38th Circle, Topeka, 66609-1561.

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