Recitation of the Rosary for Frederick Charles Harris, Sr., age 74, of Enid will be Wednesday evening at 7:00 P.M. at the Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel, with The Knights of Columbus leading the rosary.  The Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday at 10:00 A.M. at St. Francis Xavier Church, with Rev. Kevin Ratterman, Rev. Bruce Natsuhara, and Rev. Ernest Flusche concelebrating.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Enid, with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.

            Fred was born to Frederick H. and Mary (Leonard) Harris on October 29, 1932 in Lowell, Massachusetts, and died on July 23, 2007 in Enid. 

            Fred graduated from Lowell High School in 1950.  In January of 1951 he moved to Washington D.C. to work for the Air Force at the Pentagon.  He was a member of the Virginia National Guard.  On September 18, 1954 he married Miss Grace Marie Adie at the Immaculate Conception Church in Lowell, Massachusetts.  They made their home in Virginia until Fred was called to active duty in February of 1955.  The next 30 years of military service took Fred and his family to Bermuda, Washington D.C., Germany, Indiana, Texas, and Guam.  They moved to Enid in July of 1976.  Fred retired from the military in 1982.  Fred was a long time member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, a founding member of the St. Francis Men’s Club, and a proud member of the Knights of Columbus for over 55 years.  While a member of Council 1044 in Oklahoma, he served as State Master, Squires Chairman from 1979 to 1981, State Program Coordinator from 1981 to 1983, and Knight of the Year in 1985.  Fred was also a member of the  Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Assembly 854.

            He is survived by his wife, Grace of the home; two sons, Frederick Charles Harris, Jr. of Los Angels, CA, Patrick Timothy Harris and wife Resa, of Alva; two daughters, Grace Marie Clifford of St. Peters, MO, and Elizabeth Ann Mooney of Enid; five grandchildren Catherine (Cati), Timothy, and Emily Harris, Frances Ann and Evan Mooney; two brothers, Ralph S. Harris of Minnetonka, MN, and Kevin Harris of Lowell, MA; five sisters Mary Louise McMahon of Palm Beach Garden, FL., Charlotte Pare of Lowell, MA, Joan Gray of Chelmsford, MA, Isabel Light of Howell, MI, and Martha Anderson of Glouster, MA; and several nieces and nephews.

            Fred was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Robert Harris, and a sister Maryclare St. Louis.

            Memorials may be made through the funeral home to St. Francis Xavier Church Stained Glass Restoration Fund.