Obituaries Sally H. Harris Sally H. Harris, 64, of Leawood and most recently of Loch Lloyd, Mo., died January 9. She was born May 14, 1945, to Andrew and Elizabeth Horne. Harris grew up in Saginaw, Mich., and went to the University of Michigan, where she graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science in economics. After graduating, she taught high school math in Michigan and then Ohio. She graduated with her Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1978. She went on to work at the Overland Park firm of Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown & Enochs, where she was the firm’s first female attorney and was also one of the first female attorneys in Johnson County. In 1983, she became a partner at the firm. Harris was appointed by the Kansas Supreme Court for seven terms to the Kansas Board for the Discipline of Attorneys. Harris was preceded in death by her father, Andrew Horne. She is survived by her husband, Brad, of Loch Lloyd, Mo.; her mother, Elizabeth Horne, of Longboat Key, Fla.; two children, Brad Williamson, of Mercer Island, Wash., and Sheri Williamson Swartz, of Loch Lloyd, Mo.; three brothers, David Horne, of Laguna Beach, Calif., Doug Horne, of Alpena, Mich., and Dan Horne, of Providence, R.I.; and four grandchildren. Hon. Gerald L. Hougland Hon. Gerald L. Hougland, 77, of Olathe, a retired district judge, died February 8. He was born March 19, 1932, in Olathe to Howard and Lois Hougland. He attended Pittsburg State University for one year, then served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War in the counterintelligence corps for two years. He finished college at Washburn University and obtained his law degree from Washburn University School of Law. Hougland was an assistant criminal prosecutor in the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office from 1960-67. He served two terms as a state representative in the Kansas Legislature from 1970-75, was school attorney for northeast Johnson County from 1960-69, was housing authority attorney for five years from 1970-75, and spent 17 years in the civil and criminal practice of law. He became a district court judge on January 10, 1977, serving primarily in the criminal court of Johnson County. Although officially retiring in 1995, he continued hearing cases until 2001. He served on the executive committee of the Kansas Association of District Court Judges. Hougland was a member of the American Bar Association; Kansas Bar Association, where he received his 50-year membership in 2009; Johnson County Bar Association; and the American Legion. He was previously active in the Jaycees, Optimist Club, Chamber of Commerce, Johnson County Navy League board of directors, and served six years as a troop committee chairman for the Boy Scouts of America.
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He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Robert Hougland. His is survived by his wife, Evelyn, of the home; sons, Mike, Steve, and Blaine Hougland, all of Olathe; daughters, Ellen Hougland, of Kansas City, Mo., and Allison Daylong, of Olathe; brothers, Don Hougland, of Leawood, and David Hougland, of Portland, Ore.; and many nieces and nephews. Mark Andrew Liter Mark Andrew Liter, 31, of Carl Junction, Mo., formerly of Nevada, died March 5, 2009. He was born July 14, 1977, in Nevada, to Wilson E. Liter and Susan S. Swager Liter. Liter grew up in Nevada and graduated from Southwest Baptist College, Bolivar, Mo., in 1999. In 2003, he graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, Mo. He worked for the Warten, Fisher, Lee & Brown law firm in Joplin, Mo., since 2003 and became a partner in 2008. He was a member of the Kansas, Missouri, American, and Jasper County bar associations. Liter is survived by his wife, Amy, of the home; his three children, Anna Claire, Kate Elizabeth, and Jack Andrew Liter, all of the home; his parents, Wilson and Susan Liter, Nevada; and a sister, Holly Liter; of Nashville, Tenn. n
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