Harriet Kay Burch Harvey's Obituary
HARRIET KAY BURCH HARVEY OF DALLAS, TEXAS PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 27, 2025. HARRIET WAS BORN ON JULY 31, 1941 IN WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, WHERE SHE GREW UP AND WAS A 1959 GRADUATE OF WICHITA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOR A SEMESTER, SHE MARRIED JAY I. HOWINGTON, JR. AND THEY HAD ONE SON, MITCHELL HOWINGTON. IN
1968 SHE MARRIED RICHARD L. HARVEY (DICK) AND THEY WERE
MARRIED UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 2007.
DICK WAS AN INTERNATIONAL BANKER, THEY LIVED IN GERMANY, PAKISTAN, NEW JERSEY, HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE DUE TO HIS JOB ASSIGNMENTS. THEY EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN DALLAS IN 1977, WHERE HARRIET HAD A TWENTY-YEAR CAREER AS AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY WITH PROTECTION MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
SHE WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS FRANK AND LOMA LEE BURCH, BROTHER TERRY BURCH AND HUSBAND DICK. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW MITCHELL AND YVONNE HOWINGTON; THREE GRANDCHILDREN CLAIRE (ALEC) MALY, ELAINE HOWINGTON AND PETER HOWINGTON; THREE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN PAUL JOSEPH, JANE AND BRIDGET MALY; SISTER CHRISTY BURCH AND SISTER-IN-LAW MABLE BURCH.
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