The Topeka Daily Capital Tuesday January 11, 1951 Ted Harris. Ted HARRIS, 42, former Topekan, died Wednesday in a Wichita hospital. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Esther Harris; a son, Jack Harris, Braman, Okla.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harris, Wichita; two sisters, Mrs. Floy Pyle, and Mrs. Nina Jantz, both of Wichita; and a brother, Bernard Harris, Topeka.