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Garnett Nadine (McNally)
Harms
Jun 24, 1927 - Jul 8, 2017
Posted by: Ann Weber
PALMER MARLER FUNERAL HOME
PERRY, NOBLE CO, OK
(permission granted)
Garnett Nadine Harms, longtime
Perry resident and educator passed away Saturday, July 8, 2017 at Green
Valley Care Center in Perry, OK. Funeral services have been entrusted to
the care of Palmer Marler Funeral Home in Perry.
A celebration of Garnett's life will be held Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at
10AM, at the Church of Christ in Perry, OK. Gerald Stewart and Mark
Uhlman will officiate. Interment will follow at Grace Hill Cemetery in
Perry. Pallbearers will be Brad Russell, Brett Russell,
Lucas Navarro, and Dustin Schweer. Honorary pallbearers will be Joe
Harms, Gave Krohmer, Larry Russell, and Larry Krohmer.
Visitation will be Tuesday, July 11, 2017 from 9AM to 8PM at the funeral
home. Family will receive guests from 6PM to 8PM.
Garnett was born June 24, 1927 to Orval M. And Opal Viola (Ham) McNally
in Waynoka, OK. She grew up just east of Waynoka and attended Waynoka
Public Schools where she graduated high school in 1945. Right after
graduation she went to Oklahoma A&M college in Stillwater, OK, and
obtained a Bachelor's degree in Home Economics in 1949. Little did she
know that this great achievement would be the foundation of a lifelong
teaching career that would impact several generations of Perry
residents.
Her first job out of college was a Home Demonstration agent for Noble
County. While working for Noble County she met the love of her life,
Earl Harms, Jr., better known as "Jigs". They were married on January 6,
1951 at the Church of Christ in Perry, OK.
After Garnett and Jigs started their little family, she stayed home and
worked as a homemaker, taking care of her family and raising her
children. She was a master seamstress, and could sew anything. She
earned extra money by making Cheerleading uniforms and various costumes
for the school and general public.
Then, in 1967, after her children were old enough to start school,
Garnett took a Home Economics job at Perry Schools. Because of her
interest and love for teaching, she and superintendent Anderson worked
together to create a program for special needs children that soon
developed into the first "Life Skills" class at Perry Schools. This
class would equip students with basic skills needed to function
independently in society. Due to her recognized virtue of patience, it
would only be fitting that Mrs. Harms teach this class. In 1969, Garnett
returned to OSU to continue her education and earn a Masters Degree in
Special Education. She remained the Special Education teacher at Perry
Schools until her retirement in 1989. She continued to substitute teach
at least three days a week until she turned 80 in 2004.
Some of her other talents and hobbies include painting, singing at
funerals and weddings, and making her famous Oatmeal Bread that has come
to be a favorite of her family and many other people of Perry who were
lucky enough to have a tasted it.
She was a member of the Church of Christ in Perry for many years. She
had various jobs at the church over the years, including Sunday School
Teacher.
Survivors include two daughters, Donis Krohmer and husband Larry of
Katy, TX, and Marilyn Russell and husband Larry also of Katy, TX; one
son, Joe Harms of Perry, OK; six grandchildren, Brad Russell and wife
Rachel of Katy, TX, Traci Russell of Nashville, TN, Brett Russell of
Katy, TX, Gabe Krohmer of Katy, TX, Lacey Navarro and husband Lucas of
Meno, OK, and Alana Schweer and husband Dustin of Perry, OK; seven
great-grandchildren; one brother, Stanley McNally and wife Jeanine of
Salina, KS; several nieces, nephews, and cousins, and a host of friends.
She was preceded
in death by her husband, Earl "Jigs" Harms, Jr.; daughter-in-law, Dana
Harms; one brother, Aubrey McNally; and her parents, Orval and Viola
McNally.
Family requests that donations be made to the Harms Scholarship at
O.C.U.S.A. in c/o Palmer Marler Funeral Home, 203 Fir, Perry, OK, 73077.
Condolences may be sent to the family via an online guestbook at
www.pmcfhperry.com.
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