Sandra (Sandy) Rae Harms, 76, of Las Vegas, NV, passed away October 18,2020. She was born on February 5, 1944 in Chicago, IL. She was a 60-year resident of Las Vegas. She was a stay at home mother, while simultaneously helping her husband Kurt, run their tax business. Sandy moved to Las Vegas with her family in 1961. She attended and graduated from Rancho High School in 1962. A few years later she met her loving husband, Kurt, and they were married for 45 years. In 1976, they both helped to start the “Kurt Harms Tax Service”. He and Sandy built up a large clientele by creating such catchphrases as “Taxes Hurt, Call Kurt”. It became one of the most trusted and successful tax business in Las Vegas for over 30 years. While Kurt was out at people’s homes collecting tax information, Sandy was working tirelessly in their home office making appointments, organizing, and updating client files, verifying Kurt’s numbers, filling out forms and mailing to the IRS. This was all done by hand as this was before the internet and computer programs.
Sandy was an incredibly involved parent and volunteered for numerous events at her children’s school, First Good Shepherd Lutheran School. She would also volunteer in the school lunchroom. Many former students have mentioned that they still have great memoires from getting a corn dog or a piece of pizza from Mrs. Harms. She was a faithful servant of God and was a lifetime member of both First Good Lutheran Church and Mount View Lutheran Church. Sandy was preceded in death by her husband, Kurt, her parents, Phillip, and Jessie Moen. She is survived by her daughter, Christine (Jeff) Lubs; daughter Cari (Chris) Shaver; son Eric (Jenny) Harms; brother Robert Moen; brother David (Tawnya) Moen; seven grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
Services were held at Mountain View Lutheran Church, Las Vegas, NV on October 30th
Donations can be made in Sandy’s memory to Lutheran Social Services of Nevada.
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