Harriet Lawrence

Friday, Jul. 28, 2023

Harriet Lawrence 

November 16, 1933 ~ June 24, 2023

Harriet Anne Thomas Lawrence, of Salt Lake City, recently residing at Nottingham Village in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on June 24, 2023. She was born on November 16, 1933 in Salt Lake City, the daughter of Arthur Blake Thomas and Helen Claire Horner (Thomas). 

Harriet resided most of her life in Salt Lake, except for four years at Stanford University, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a major in American diplomatic history, and 10 years in the financial world, mostly in San Francisco, California. Since 2016, she lived in rural Pennsylvania to be near her daughter’s family, although she missed the glorious mountains of Utah and her dear friends in Salt Lake. 

Harriet spent 30 fulfilling years working in Salt Lake for the Bamberger Investment Company. She followed her mother’s dedication to volunteer work serving the Friends of St. Joseph Villa and the Ulster Project. In her free time, she enjoyed reading and gardening. She was very proud of her Irish ancestry. 

She was preceded in death by her younger sister, Helen Marie Thomas. She is survived by her daughter, Claire Lawrence; her son-in-law Michael Hardin; and her two beloved grandchildren, Blake Elena Lawrence Hardin and Julian Thomas Lawrence Hardin, of Danville, Pennsylvania. 

A celebration of Harriet’s life was held on Saturday, July 8 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania.  Burial will be held in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Salt Lake City at a later date. Requiescat in Pace. 

Arrangements are under the direction of Visneski Funeral Home, Inc. 42 W. Mahoning Street, Danville, PA 17821.