Individual Details
Lucie Shaw King
(4 Oct 1881 - 16 Oct 1974)
Events
| Birth | 4 Oct 1881 | Sonoma, Sonoma, California |  | ||
| Marriage | 8 Sep 1909 | Lawrence Wilkinson Harris | | ||
| Death | 16 Oct 1974 | San Francisco, San Francisco, California |  | | |
| Burial | Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, California |
Families
| Spouse | Lawrence Wilkinson Harris ( - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Joseph Libbey King (1845 - 1919) |
| Mother | Flora Ellen Mower (1845 - 1933) |
| Sibling | James William King (1869 - 1893) |
| Sibling | Ralph Mower King (1872 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Percy Libbey King (1873 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Joseph Libbey King Jr. (1875 - 1963) |
Notes
Death
Private funeral services have been held for Lucie King Harris, philanthropist, patron of the arts and a fixture in Bay Area society for virtually all of this century. She was 91. Mrs. Harris died last Wednesday in her Pacific Heights home in San Francisco. Mrs. Harris was born in Sonoma, the daughter of Joseph Libbey King, the late chairman of the San Francisco Stock Exchange, and granddaugther of James King of William, a famous San Francisco editor of the mid 19th century. Educated in San Francisco and Philadelphia, she and her brother were credited with saving their family's house from the fire that followed the 1906 earthquake, and she worked as a volunteer nurse in the days after the disaster. In 1909 she married businessman and poet Lawrence W. Harris. Mrs. Harris was one of the founders of the San Francisco Girls Recreation and Home Club, and in 1922 helped found the San Francisco Opera Association, serving on its board of governors for over 50 years. She also was a governor of the San Francisco Symphony Association, a founder of the San Francisco Choral Society and a former trustee of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. She worked for the Red Cross during both world wars and was a leading figure in the Stage Door Canteen during World War II. Survivors include three sons, Lawrence, King and Robert Harris; 12 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and a niece and nephew. She was buried at Cypress Law Cemetery.Endnotes
1. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 153.
2. "Mrs. Lucie Harris Funeral Services," obituary, Oakland (California) Tribune, 19 October 1974, p. 21-E, cols. 5-6; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 May 2018).
3. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 153.
4. "Mrs. Lucie Harris Funeral Services," obituary, Oakland (California) Tribune, 19 October 1974, p. 21-E, cols. 5-6; digital image, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 May 2018).