The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday October 7, 1951 Harry D. Austin. Harry Dwight AUSTIN, 1014 Woodward, died Saturday afternoon at a local hospital. He was born in Burlingame and had lived in Topeka since 1918. He was a fireman for the Kansas Power & Light Company for 31 years. A veteran of World War I, he served overseas with the 805th Pioneer Infantry. He was a former member of the Jordan Patterson Post No. 319, American Legion and the Shiloh Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Florence V. Austin, of the hme; one daughter, Miss Melba Hortense Austin, a student at Kansas University; one son, Dwight Cornelius Austin, of the home; four sisters, Mrs. Ada Locke and Mrs. Oletha Radford, Topeka; Mrs. Lena Mae Comans, Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Frances Ragin, Los Angeles; four brothers, Elmer Austin, Walkerton, Ind.; Wesley Austin, Saline; Vernon Austin, Wichita; Cpl. Victor Austin, Fort Leavenworth; two nieces , two nephews, and three grand-nieces.