Ida Mae Harness, 75, of West Portsmouth, died Friday, Oct.14, 2011, at Southern Ohio Medical Center.

She was born May 20, 1936, in Lucasville, a daughter of the late Arthur and Geneva Morgan Harness.

Ida was a retired Registrar from Scioto Memorial Hospital, a 1954 Valley High School graduate and attended Portsmouth Interstate Business College.

She is survived by two daughters, Sue Ellen Harness of Sevierville, Tenn., and Ann Marie Harness of West Chester, Pa., two sisters Dorothy Scott of Wheelersburg, and Virginia Harness of West Portsmouth.

She was also preceded in death by two brothers Warner and Carl Harness; and one sister Helen Harness.

Funeral services will be conducted at noon, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, at the McKinley Funeral Home in Lucasville with Peter Michael officiating. Burial will follow in Lucasville Cemetery. Friends may call 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday and from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.