Lt. Col., U.S. Army, Retired, Harold Dwight Jarvis, 86

DOVER - Lt. Col., U.S. Army, Retired, Harold Dwight Jarvis formally of Pennwood Acres, Dover, passed away Monday, Feb. 12, 2007, in the home of his son, Roger and granddaughter, Brittney.

Mr. Jarvis was born Jan. 5, 1921, in Washington Township, Ohio, son of the late Clyde and Lena Stahl Jarvis.

He was a 1938 graduate of New Philadelphia, Ohio High School.

Mr. Jarvis enlisted in the U.S. Army early in 1940. He served as a first sergeant from 1941 to 1942. He graduated from officer candidate school in 1942 as a second lieutenant in the Armored Corps ordnance. He departed for England in 1943, and participated in the Normandy invasion with the 3rd Armored Division, 19th Corps, 1st U.S. Army. He continued across Europe until met by the Russians just west of Berlin when Germany surrendered in May 1945.

He married Dorothy Hawkins in 1945, in Bath, England and returned to the United States in 1946. He engaged in timber and lumber business and was reinstated as a captain in the Army Reserve Forces from 1946 to 1950. He was called to active duty for the Korean War and served in Korea from 1950 to 1952. He remained in active duty until retirement in 1963 as a lieutenant colonel.

Upon retirement Mr. Jarvis worked for Chrysler Corp. as a district manager and spent several years assigned as the government lease manager for the White House fleet vehicles and other Washington D.C. vehicles.

He retired from Chrysler Corp. in 1984 and moved from the family farm to Dover. He worked as a volunteer at several activities in Dover for the past 20 years, including volunteer activities at Dover Air Force Base, the Delaware Agricultural Museum and providing musical entertainment at various nursing homes and adult centers.

Mr. Jarvis attended the University of Maryland and the University of Delaware in various off-campus courses.

He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Dorothy in 2004; and a son, Robin, in 1997.

He will be missed by his companion, Phyliss Lemieux, his caregivers, Linda Godard, and Rithie Monserrate.

He is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, Roger D. Jarvis and his companion, Linda Godard of Hartly, Richard K. and Libby Jarvis of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., and Randal C. and Vivian Jarvis of Sterling, Va.; a daughter and a son-in-law, Deirdre A. and Edward Jarvis-Waterfield of Glenn Burnie, Md.; a sister, Norma Jean Mueller of Florida; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Remembrance services will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Trader Funeral Home, Dover, where friends may call one hour earlier.

Burial will be in Sharon Hill Memorial Park, Dover.

The family suggests memorial contributions to Delaware Hospice, 911 South DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901.