Daughter said to have a positive attitude, bright future.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July, 2005 | by St. Clair, Stacy

Byline: Stacy St. Clair and Erin Holmes Daily Herald Staff Writers Sarah Harris dreamed of becoming a teacher. After graduating with honors from Bradley University in 2004, she accepted a job as a teacher's aide at Ivy Hall Elementary School in Buffalo Grove. The 24-year-old had hoped the work would lead to a full-time teaching position, but nothing opened up by year's end.

"I told her to be patient, that something would happen," said Prospect Heights resident Lynn Turk, whose son was a friend of Harris'. "She had a wonderful future ahead of her." That future came to an end Wednesday when firefighters found Sarah Harris and her father, Ivon, dead in their Buffalo Grove home. "She was very sweet, just very loving," neighbor Jill Parkinson said. "It's...