Vivian Carlton Harding, age 89, passed away on Saturday, May
29, 2010. Born September 19, 1920 in Vayland, South
Dakota, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and
Bertha Carlton. She graduated from Cathedral
high school in Denver CO in 1938.
In January 1947, she married her late husband, Charles L. Harding of Wenatchee, WA and started their life together managing a fruit
ranch in Wenatchee. When Charles was recalled to the service, she
ended up the wife of a career military man.
Tours of duty included Paris
France; Dayton
OH; Torrance and
San Bernardino, California.
As a professional, she spent most of her 37 year career as a
secretary/bookkeeper starting in World War II at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft
(now Convair) at North Island naval airbase and ending at Joseph George
Distributor in San Jose, CA. After Charles retired, they traveled throughout the United States,
visiting all 50 states. Their final move
was to Hemet
where she lived for nearly three decades.
Vivian was an active volunteer in the Catholic church where
she was frequently a member of the altar society and/or parish council for the church
where she was currently located. Here in
Hemet, she
ended her active service as a lectern at Our Lady of the Valley. For hobbies, she was an excellent seamstress, and did knitting,
crocheting, tatting, needlepoint, resin making and genealogy.
Vivian is survived by her brother Michael Carlton, two
daughters, BB Harding and Gene Muto, a son Dennis Harding, two
daughters-in-law, Deborah Myers-Harding and Bonnie Bushaw, and four
grandchildren Audrey Muto, Kathrine Muto-Ibarra, John Myers and Rachel
Bjornson. Two of her five children
predeceased her - Charles Carlton and Joy.
In lieu of flowers, in-memoriam donations can be made to
either the cancer society or the heart foundation.
Entrusted to the care of McWane Family Funeral Home.
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Your loss, individually and collectively, is shared by the many whose lives have been touched by Vivian. Her faith sustained her in times of joy and sorrow. Vivian's spirit lives on in the hearts, minds, and souls of those who have he privilege of knowing her.
Please be assured of affirming thoughts and prayers of comfort. Your mom, mother-in-law, grandmother, and sister was one-of-a-kind. How enriched we all are for the gift of her presence in our world! Our love and best to each of you!