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Wednesday, November 11, 2026Nov 11

Kennedy: Four generations of “Estelles”

Times Free Press photo by Mark Kennedy. Estelle Harris, 88, poses last week with a dress her great-great grandmother wore on her wedding day in 1858.
Times Free Press photo by Mark Kennedy. Estelle Harris, 88, poses last week with a dress her great-great grandmother wore on her wedding day in 1858. Times Free Press photo by Mark Kennedy. Estelle Harris, 88, poses last week with a dress her great-great grandmother wore on her wedding day in 1858.


Estelle Harris, 88, was in a KFC restaurant on East Brainerd Road one day waiting for her order when the cashier called out her name.

“Estelle,” the worker said loudly.

Immediately, another woman in the restaurant popped up from her chair and began to look around expectantly: Estelle?

Sure enough, the two friends immediately recognized one another and exchanged warm greetings.