- Date Of Birth: October 22, 1938
- Date Of Death: August 12, 2013
- State: Iowa
Harriett Lea Relph McLarnand was born on October 22, 1938 to Walter and Edna Relph.
She was born in the same house as her father.
She graduated from Russell High School in 1956.
Harriett worked at an insurance company in Des Moines.
To this union they had two daughters, Barbara Jolene and Janice Kay.
In December 1965, her husband, Howard, was killed in a truck accident.
Harriett married Albert E. McLarnand, Jr.
To this union they had a son, Patrick Albert.
They made their home on a farm south of Milo, Iowa, where she helped Albert farm for 45 years and during this time she worked for Merediths Publishing in Des Moines for 15 years.
Harriett enjoyed cooking, gardening and watching birds that would feed at her multiple bird feeders.
She loved to travel with Albert to the surrounding states.
Harriett was preceded in death by her first husband, Howard L. Hull; parents, Walter & Edna Relph; daughter, Barbara J. Hull Topp; grandson, James Andrew Gaytan;
brother, Roger D. Relph; and sister, Rose Marie Dachenbach.
She is survived by her husband, Albert E. McLarnand, Jr. of Milo; daughter, Janice K. (Hull) Gaytan (Raul) of Omaha; son, Patrick A. McLarnand (Denise) of Milo; grandchildren, Cristal M. (Gaytan) Hernandez (Jesus); Joshua R. Gaytan (Rosie); Cassandra L. Gaytan, Zach Baker McLarnand, Barbara Jo McLarnand, Kelton Topp and Julian Topp; great-grandchildren, Anissa Leon (Hernandez), Daniela Hernandez, and Alexander James Gaytan; brother, Donald Gordon Relph (Marylou); sister-in-laws, Frances (Hull) Sullivan (Robert) and Pauline (Hull) Murray (James) and many nieces and nephews.
