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07/17/2015 - Max Eugene Harris
Memorial services for Max Eugene Harris, MD, age 86, of Crawford, NE, will be at 11:00 AM on Friday, July 17, 2015 at the Crawford City Cemetery with Cheryl Harris officiating.
Memorials may be made to the Legend Buttes Golf Course, 3440 US 20, Crawford, NE 69339. Donations may also be sent to Chamberlain Chapel, PO Box 970, Chadron, NE 69337.
Online condolences can be made at www.chamberlainchapel.com.
Max passed away on June 1, 2015. He was born to Donald and Ruth (Feeser) Harris on October 2, 1928, in North Platte, NE. He graduated from Crawford High School in 1946 and the University of Nebraska in 1950. Max married Dorothy Lathrop at the Congregational Church in Crawford on June 11, 1950.
He was a member of Phi Rho Sigma Medical Fraternity in Omaha and graduated as a member of A.O.A, Honorary Medical Society from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 1954. He interned in San Bernardino, CA, followed by three years of USAF service at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, OK, and was discharged with the rank of Captain.
His surgical residency training followed at Miller Hospital in St. Paul, MN, the V.A. Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, and Vascular Surgery fellowship at Baylor University Hospital in Houston, TX. Max’s Surgical Board Exams followed in New Orleans, LA. In 1964, he returned to St. Paul, MN to join the surgical practice of Drs. Leven, Lannin & Tongen.
During his years of practice, he was on the staff of several hospitals, serving as Chief of Staff at Midway Hospital and President of the St. Paul Surgical Society. He was also a member of the Minnesota Surgical Society, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Medical Association. Max ended up retiring in 1990. He returned to Crawford, NE, where he resumed a vital interest in the community & also retained a home in Scottsdale, AZ. He was an active member of the Legend Buttes Golf Course, Eagles Club, PPDC & the Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include son Scott Harris; twin daughters Luci Harris & Lori Pettit; grandchildren Kyle & Lisa Harris and Timothy W. Pettit; great-grandson Caden Oliver; brothers Todd (Cheryl) Harris and Dean (Carolyn) Harris of Alliance; and several nephews and nieces.
He was preceded in death by wife Dode, his parents, stepmother Inez Kamerzell, and brothers Jack and Boyd.
Chamberlain Chapel of Crawford is in charge of arrangements for Max Eugene Harris.
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