Avis de décès de Margaret Harris - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

HARRIS--Margaret (nee Dauber). Margaret (Peggy) was born in Chicago, Illinois to Dr. Deborah Dauber (nee Rubenstein) and Joseph Dauber. She moved to Los Angeles, California at age 2 after the death of her mother. Peggy died on December 17th at the age of 67. Peggy had fond childhood memories of going to Chicago's Buckingham fountain with her mother, visits with her grandparents Lise (Cheskis) and Louis Rubenstein, and going to Dauber & Pine bookshop on Fifth Avenue with a stop at Schrafft's when visiting her grandfather Samuel Dauber. While in college, Peggy carpooled and took Greyhound to participate in Dr. King's historic march in Selma, Alabama. Peggy received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the U.C. Berkeley School of Social Welfare. Peggy met her husband, Joe Lee Harris, when they both worked for the Contra Costa County health system. Joe's mother, Ethel Davis, was a cherished family member. For about 29 years, Peggy worked as a therapist at the Richmond Mental Health Clinic where she was happy to support people who were making positive changes in their lives despite life's circumstances. She was a beloved mother and is survived by her daughter Nicole, son-in-law McGill Hort, their son Theodore, and first cousins: Ann Cherlow, Woody Lichtenstein, Karel Wolfson and Deborah O'Sullivan. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the UCSF Melanoma Center www.makeagift.ucsf.edu (select other and type in melanoma center) or plant a tree in the Coretta Scott King Forest in Northern Israel www.jnf.org/support/tree-planting-center/