- Date Of Birth: December 23, 1964
- Date Of Death: October 24, 2014
- State: Michigan
Harris, Jody Paulette Passed away on October 24, 2014 at age 49 after a brief illness. She was born in Battle Creek on December 23, 1964, the daughter of Robert Lewis and Nancy Hettinga. She graduated from River Valley High School in Three Oaks in 1983 and went on to study at Western Michigan University and the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, where she was taking classes up to the time of her death.
She married Laurence Harris of Kalamazoo on June 9, 1997, after seven years together. She was an avid traveler, a craftsperson, an amazing cook, and artist who exhibited her works around Michigan and in Chicago. She worked at a number of local restaurants and was employed at Bistro 120 in Paw Paw at the time of her death. She is survived by husband, Laurence Harris; mother, Nancy Hettinga of New Buffalo and father, Robert Lewis of South Carolina; stepfather, David Hettinga of Florida; siblings, Bob Lewis of Kalamazoo, Wendi Robert Nahikian of Kalamazoo and Steve Hettinga of Sault Ste. Marie.
She also is survived by numerous aunts and uncles, nephews and nieces: Justin Nahikian, Justice Hill, Reed Nahikian, Alexandra Lewis, Rachel Harris, Leah Harris, Lauren Harris and Arielle Harris. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Pauline Rivers of Marshall.
