Aristides P. Harris, 88, of South Whitehall Township, died May 28, 2015, at his home.

He and his wife Barbara Schreiber Harris were married since 1998.

He was the husband of R. Charlotte Treichler Harris from 1953 until her death in 1993.

Born in Allentown, he was the son of the late Peter A. (Hararas) Harris and Mary (Onischuk) Harris.

He was raised in South Bethlehem and Allentown.

A 1944 graduate of Allentown High School, he served as sports editor of The Canary.

He was a 1950 graduate of Moravian College, where he majored in business administration and played varsity basketball.

He served for years as a referee in semiprofessional basketball leagues in eastern Pennsylvania.

He began his work in his family's drycleaning businesses at age 11, and as a teenager worked also as a copy boy for the Associated Press at The Morning Call, Allentown.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps 1944-45.

He owned and operated American Drycleaners, 17th and Allen streets, Allentown, a business founded by his parents in 1936, until his retirement in 2003, and built the adjacent coin laundry, The Carriage House Laundromat, in 1963, and owned and operated it to his retirement.

He also built and owned the first coin-operated, drive-through car wash in Allentown and The Linden Tree Laundromat in Bethlehem.

With his first wife and his in-laws, Charles and Ruth Treichler, he built, owned, and operated The Blue Plum Drycleaners and the 6th Street Laundromat, both in Emmaus, and Charlotte's Quick Wash, Allentown.

He was also a partner in Park 100 West Associates and other real estate ventures, and a member of Lehigh Country Club.

He was a past president of the National Drycleaners Association, the National Automatic Laundry and Cleaning Council, and the Pennsylvania Automatic Laundry Council, Lehigh Valley Drycleaners Guild and the Lehigh Valley Coin Laundry Association.

He was a past president of the West Allentown Kiwanis Club, the Lehigh Chapter of the Order of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association and served on the boards of Sacred Heart Hospital, Lehigh County Prison, and the Allentown YMCA/YWCA.

A shareholder and former director of the Lehigh County Agricultural Society, he was a former elder of First Presbyterian Church, Allentown.

In addition to his wife, Barbara, he is survived by a son, Peter D. Harris and his wife, Susan, of Boston's South Shore; daughter, Judith A. Harris of Allentown, and her companion, Dr. Jack Mydlo; stepsons William A. Kline of Salt Lake City, Utah, Scott H. Kline and his wife, Shirley, of Emmaus, Dr. Jeffrey S. Kline and his wife, Dr. Carma Heitzmann, of Menlo Park, Calif.; stepson-in-law, Carmen Pascucci, of LaCosta, Calif.; and six stepgrandchildren.

He was predeceased by his sister, Ann Elaine Baker in 1995, and his stepdaughter, Paula Pascucci in 2011.

His Celebration of Life service will be 10 a.m. on Sept. 12, in the sanctuary at First Presbyterian Church of Allentown, 3231 Tilghman St., Allentown.

Contributions in his memory may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Allentown, PA 18104.

Arrangements made by J.S. Burkholder Funeral Home, Allentown.