Rev. Ivon Porter Harris

I know that this is years later that I'm writing this but Pastor and Nancy are on my mind quite often. Pastor married me and my husband Michael David Petrulionis on October 22, 1984 at my maternal grandparents farm (Joseph and Ann Kocak) in Vestal, New York. I am still in shock at his demise with his daughter. We met Pastor and Nancy at a relatives bar and ate pizza with pepperoni in shape of a cross. They used to visit the farm often. They were loved by many. I will never forget any of them!...

Dear Mrs. Harris and Nathan,

I have been at a loss to find the words to express how saddened I am to read of the untimely and tragic loss your family has endured.
Mr. Harris was such a wonderful kindhearted man. I will never forget our first hug and I am forever changed knowing that he is gone. Sarah was the most angelic and remarkable young woman I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Accepting that her light is gone from the world is almost too hard to bear. Her picture...

Dear Mrs Harris and Nate,

I am deeply saddened to have recently learned of your incredible loss. Please accept my most sincere condolences, and know that you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Nate, ....Far removed we've become in time and space, but I still love you like it was yesterday, my great friend. Kim and I had never really been released from the hold of emptiness that filled your absence from us, and now, there is just no way to truly describe how I...

Dear Nancy and Nathan: I just wanted to express my deepest sympathy for your loss. It has been a long time since you lived next door to us and adopted our dalmation, Shaska, but when I heard about your great loss my heart sunk with the deepest of grief. My mother Doris also sends her deepest regrets. Our prayers are with you.

Lori DiChiara and Family
Doris Yankovitch

Dear Nancy,
We are so sorry to learn of your terrible loss. Maybe you remember us from Binghamton - we certainly remember you and Ivon, who was always bigger than life!
May God comfort you, as we live our lives in "the sure and certain hope of eternal life."
Love from Lu and Dox

To Pastor Ivon and Ms. Sarah Harris' family and friends:

We never had the pleasure of meeting Sarah, nor were we Trinity parishioners, but we saw Pastor Ivon at a number of Sokol gatherings and will always treasure our memories of the joy he took in life and in particular his life in Christ, and of his generosity of spirit. We remember especially vividly a story he told about a multi-synod Lutheran gathering that apparently took place during or just after the Presidential...

Dear Nancy and Nathan:

My father, William Prielozny, along with his brother and sisters, were life-long members of Trinity Lutheran Church. I met your husband/father when he presided for my mother's (Vera Prielozny) funeral 7 years ago. What I remember most fondly about Pastor Harris was the joy, energy and excitement he put into helping us plan a service for Mom that was as full of music as she was. I will always think of him as somebody full of life, and full of song....

Nancy and Nathan,
I was shocked to hear the news of Pastor Ivon and Sarah's deaths. He was such a kind and gentle giant. He was our pastor when my mother died. He helped me through a very difficult time.I will surely miss him. My prayers are with you both. I know they're watching over you now.
Debbie (Miller) Paul from the Northampton Holy Trinity parish