Obituary appered in the Daily Dispatch, Moline, IL, Monday, June 8, 1942
In his obituary, his wife is listed as Jessie Wake. When a child of a few month of age, at the death of her mother, she was taken by her aunt, Mrs. Nancy Mumma. In 1884 she attended the wedding of her aunt to Casius Wake of Port Byron, and went into the new home with them where she lived until her marriage. This is why she was often called Jessie Wake.
Spouse 1:Jessie Inez MUMMA (b. 4 SEP 1882, Bethlehem, Wayne Co., IA - d. 11 JUN 1959, Moline, Rock Island Co., IL)
Married:
Children:
1. John HARKLESS (b. JUN 1915, Rock Island Co., IL - d. 15 APR 1988, Lombard, Du Page Co., IL)
2. Ellen HARKLESS (b. SEP 1917, Rock Island Co., IL)
3. Charles Dean HARKLESS (b. 24 JUL 1919, Rock Island Co., IL - d. 4 DEC 1992, Simi Valley, Ventura Co., CA)
4. Mary A. HARKLESS (b. 21 NOV 1921, Rock Island Co., IL - d. 1 OCT 1996, Chula Vista, San Diego Co., CA)