Glorine Bessie (Wolcik) Harris (1925 - 2011)

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Biography

Glorine Bessie Wolcik was born July 28, 1925 in Crosby, Texas to parents Martin, and Mary (Peters), Wolcik, the eldest of two children.^[1][2] She graduated from Crosby High School in 1943, and on August 10, 1946, married Victor Harris, another 1943 Crosby High School graduate who had just returned home from a tour in the Pacific with the Army Air Forces. In an excerpt from The Liberty Vindicator:^[3]

The bride wore a white satin dress with a fingertip veil, carried a white Bible with an orchid in the center with tube roses and streamers around the edges. The veil crown was made of seed pearls.

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Glorine spent many years serving with the First Baptist Church of Crosby, serving on functions such as the FBCC Committee on Committees. She also dedicated her time to the community by working at the local food pantry.

In 1974, she was hired as the Supervisor of Moler Hall in a "war on student boredom". Moler Hall, originally dedicated in 1969, had taken on a new life with the additions of four ping pong tables, four pool tables, and two 21" color television sets. The Hall also included the addition of new tables for the new checkers, chess and domino sets, and 6 new pinball machines.

During the summers, she would take in her grandkids so they could attend Vacation Bible School at her church, where she served as Beginner Department Superintendent.

Glorine and Victor had three children: Kenneth Wayne^[4], Michael Dale^[5], Susan Lynn^[6], and one other female child (unnamed) who died shortly after birth.^[7][8]

She enjoyed traveling in her free time with family, and was often found camping and fishing at across the State. When time didn't permit extended camping, she could be found traveling the backroads of Texas hunting wildflowers.

Glorine and her younger sister, Lille Mae, remained the best of friends throughout their lives. As adults, they lived just houses away from each other and would see each other almost daily. The two couples were inseparable, often travelling together, and shared in the raising of their children.

Glorine passed away on April 9th, 2011 in a Baytown, Texas hospice facility with her devoted husband of 64 years by her side. She was laid to rest in Sterling-White Cemetery in Highlands, Texas on April 12th, surrounded by her friends and family.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 15 January 2019, Glovine Walsok in household of John Petter, Precinct 3, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 188, sheet 9B, line 78, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2352; FHL microfilm 2,342,086.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch: 14 March 2018, Glorine Wolcik in household of John Peters, Justice Precinct 3, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 101-32, sheet 9A, line 25, family 157, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4054.
3. ↑ "Wolcik-Harris Marriage Performed Saturday". The Liberty Vindicator. Liberty Texas. Thursday, 15 Aug 1946; pg. 11.
4. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch: 1 January 2015, Glorine Bessie Wolcik in entry for Kenneth Wayne Harris, 12 Oct 1947; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
5. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch: 1 January 2015, Glorine Bessie Wolcik in entry for Michael Dale Harris, 26 Feb 1950; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
6. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch: 1 January 2015, Glorine Bessie Wolcik in entry for Susan Lynn Harris, 20 May 1955; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
7. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch: 1 January 2015, Glorine Bessie Wolcik in entry for MM9.1.1/VDX7-RYJ:, 27 Mar 1952; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch: 20 May 2014, Glorine Bessie Harris, 09 Apr 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #68294047