Harriet Yost Yurgec

on a sunny Tucson day at the long term care facility where she had resided for the

past year. Father Gabriel and Joseph were by her side offering comfort and support.

Harriet was a wonderful and caring wife and mother to their 4 poodles who were

the light of their lives for many, many years. Harriet was born in Baltimore, MDS

but grew up in Glen Arm, MD with her parents and sisters. As a girl, Harriet worked on

their neighbor’s Dairy Farm and was given dairy calves, to have and raise, as her pay.

She was active in 4-H and won many awards for her calves, as well as for cooking and sewing.

Harriet was a phenomenal seamstress, and while serving in the Peace Corps in Brazil,

she taught the young girls and women there how to sew. In later years, Harriet won many

awards here in Tucson for her extraordinary quilts and sewing projects. She was a generous

and giving person, always willing to help others. She volunteered in the community and was

very active at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church until she became too ill with MS.

Harriet will be missed by all that knew and loved her. She is survived by her husband,

Joseph G. Yurgec, and sisters, Eileen E. Crocker and Josephine C. James. Her sisters

reside back East and are too frail to make the trip to Tucson for Harriet’s service, but

will be with her in Spirit.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.eastlawnpalmsmortuary.com for the Yurgec family.