Delores Joan Harvey, 72, a 30-year resident of Oak Harbor, died at WhidbeyHealth Medical Center in Coupeville on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017.

Mrs. Harvey was born March 14, 1944 in Storm Lake, Iowa, to Robert Huddleston and Lillian Sporland. She was raised in Williams, Iowa, and graduated from Williams High School in 1962. Upon graduation from high school she attended the Mercy Hospital Nursing School and graduated with a nursing certificate in 1965.

Mrs. Harvey was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force on Sept. 13, 1968. In 1969, Capt. Delores Harvey volunteered for a one-year tour to Vietnam. During her deployment from May 4, 1968 to May 1, 1970, she meritoriously distinguished herself as a general duty staff nurse and was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal.

On July 10, 1976, she married Capt. Michael Lynn Harvey, U.S. Army, in Tampa, Florida. They were happily married for nearly ten years before he passed away on March 30, 1986 in St. Peters, Mo. She then moved with her two children to Oak Harbor.

Mrs. Harvey is survived by her two children Nicholas Harvey (Winter) of San Diego, Calif. and Kristin Lang (Brent) of Oak Harbor; five grandchildren Bailey Bancroft, Shelby, Carson, Charlotte and Willow Lang; and two sisters Andrea Boilesen and Beth Lenning.

A memorial service was held at the Dugualla Bay Clubhouse Jan. 14, followed by the scattering of her ashes at Deception Pass State Park.