Michele Denise Harlan

Michele Denise Harlan, 70, of Clarendon, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2024, in Amarillo.

Memorial services will be held April 6, at the COEA Community Center – Clarendon Rodeo Grounds, come and go, from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Cremation and arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Michele was born on January 22, 1954, in Greenwich, Connecticut, to Edward Bernard and Lillian Dorothy (Stadtmiller) Rivard. She grew up in Connecticut and Florida and later moved to Tucson, Arizona, where she lived for over 10 years. She married James R. Bruce on January 24, 1978, and they were married for 19 years before his passing in 1997. The couple had three children together. In the early 1990’s, the family moved to Clarendon where she has been a resident since. Michele later married H.W. Harlan on November 24, 2003, in Clarendon.

Michele enjoyed watching the Young & the Restless as well as westerns and black and white programs. Above all, Michele loved her grandbabies. Her 13 grandchildren were the light of her life.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Lillian Rivard; son, Michael B. Harlan; husband, James R. Bruce; and brother, Edward Rivard, Jr.

She is survived by her husband, H.W. Harlan of Clarendon; two sons, Christopher Bruce, Sr. and wife, April, of Amarillo, and Michael Roy Bruce and wife, Heather, of Clarendon; two daughters, Andrea Randall and husband, Steven, of Amarillo, and Lesley Lemons and husband, Brandon, of Amarillo; sister, Dale Messick of Tucson, Arizona; and 13 grandchildren, John Anthony Levario, Leslie Coxey, Melanie Brook Lemons, Christopher Bruce, Jr., Holden Coxey, Kaylee Bruce, James Lemons, Aiden Iler, Bayleigh Bruce, Ashden Iler, Brilynn Bruce, Casyn Bruce, and Braxton Bruce.