WINTHROP – Lt. Col. Harris, 91, loving husband, father, and grandfather, died at his home in Winthrop on Saturday, Nov. 6.

He was born in North Monmouth on July 19, 1913, the son of Alton and Bessie (Turner) Harris.

He graduated from Monmouth Academy in 1931 and Maine Wesleyan Seminary in 1932. Emory attended the University of Maine at Orono before enlisting in the United States Army in 1941.

He married Dora Y. Dumont on Feb. 25, 1946.

In high school, Emory was a fullback on the football team and was captain of the baseball team. He lived to see his beloved Red Sox win the World Series, and cherished the special Red Sox cap that John Henry Williams brought home to him from the 1986 World Series.

He enlisted in the service on Jan. 21, 1941 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. Emory served with the 58th Bomb Wing, Very Heavy, 25th Air Service Group stationed in Karagpour, India and the Tinian Islands. He was the Post Engineer and directly planned and supervised all maintenance of utilities, building, firefighting, and base. His brother, Staff Sgt. Glendon Harris, a turret gunner on the “Wedoodit”, a B52 Strafer, was killed in action in Raboul, New Britain on Oct. 24, 1943.

Emory continued to serve his country in the Army Reserves and became Deputy Commander of the Maine Military Reserve Unit that coordinated emergency disaster plans with the Department of Civil Defense. He worked in area textile mills and also for the United States Postal Service.

On April 14, 1948, Mr. and Mrs. Harris purchased their home on Royal Street in Winthrop. From 1977 to 1997 the Harrises spent their winters in Bradenton, Fla.

Mr. Harris is a 4th Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, a life-member of the American Legion, a life-member of the Military Officer’s Association, and is a member of the Southern Maine Military Officer’s Association. For many years he helped to serve meals at the local Soup Kitchen and also volunteered needed services to help local elderly neighbors.

He is survived by his wife, Dora, of Winthrop; his daughter, Maxine Pray and her husband, Robert, of Winthrop; one sister, Eleanor Roberts, of Winthrop; two granddaughters, Alexandra Pray of Bridgewater, N.J., and Kristina Busenitz and her husband, John, of Bloomington, Ind.; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Gerard Dumont and Simone Ouellette, both of Jay; cousin, Clinton Harris and his wife, Barbara, of Mechanic Falls; and many nieces and nephews.

Emory was predeceased by five brothers, Lewis, Oren, David, Ronald, and Glendon Harris; and two sisters, Alta Baker and Lila Mae Harris.