Sara Ann Harris

July 12, 1933 - January 12, 2025

Funeral services for Sara Harris, 91-year-old Buffalo resident who passed away peacefully Sunday, Jan. 12, at the Meadow Wind Assisted Living Center in Casper with her daughter Sherrill holding her hand, were held Saturday, Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. at Summit Wesleyan Church with Pastor Stephen Martin officiating.  Visitation was held at the Harness Funeral Home Chapel. Private family interment will be in Willow Grove Cemetery at a later date. There was a reception following the service at Summit Wesleyan Church. Donations in Sara’s memory may be made to Summit Church Missions Fund at 980 N. Main in Buffalo, Wyoming 82834. Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com. 

Sara Ann Harris was born on July 12, 1933, in Buffalo, Wyo., to Lloyd “Hap” and Virginia (Loper) Crain. She grew up and went to school in Buffalo and graduated from Buffalo High School with the class of 1951. She was active in many clubs and cheerleading. 

After high school she went to work for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph in Buffalo where in July of 1952 she met the love of her life, Ronald Harris. Ron and Sara married in a small ceremony at her mother’s home in April of 1953; she said it was one of the happiest days of her life. Due to Ron’s work on the telephone line crew, they lived in multiple little towns in Wyoming. In June of 1954, they welcomed daughter, Ronda, in Buffalo followed in May of 1956 by a son, Gregg, in Powell. In 1956 they settled in Basin, Wyo., for a few years. When Ron received a permanent station in Greybull in the mid ‘60s, they settled there to raise their family. However, God had other plans for them, when in August of 1968 they were surprised by the birth of daughter, Sherrill. Sara was employed by the State of Wyoming from 1966 until she retired in 1994. After retirement, Ron and Sara relocated to Buffalo to be closer to her ailing mother, Virginia Crain. They both became very active in the Summit Wesleyan Church and Sara volunteered at the Happy Apple Gift Shop at the Johnson County Health Care Center. Ronald passed away in March of 2007 and Sara continued living in Buffalo until February of 2024 when she moved into assisted living in Casper.

Sara’s greatest joys were spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren, at her cabin in the Big Horn Mountains. She loved spending time outside, no matter the season. She also very much enjoyed all games, particularly all card games and Yahtzee. She was very competitive. She had a wonderful sense of humor, and her giggles were contagious. 

Sara is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Sherrill and Jim Maddox of Casper, Grandchildren: Matthew Maddox of Basin, Kennedy Maddox of Casper, Jacob Harris of Morrisville, North Carolina, her loving sister and best friend, Vera Jean Christophel of Lincoln, California, numerous nieces and nephews, especially her niece Loretta Benardis of Casper, whom she had gotten very close to.  

Sara was preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband, one daughter, Ronda in 2011, one son, Gregg in 2016, and brother Jay Crain in 2014.