Beatrice (Arbour) Parrott, a professional baseball player from the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 10 2019, in Fall River, Massachusetts. Beatrice was well known and loved by many for her warm spirit, big heart and quick wit. She was 98. Beatrice was born in Gaspe, Quebec, on December 2, 1920 the daughter of the late Clovis and Zelia (Roy) Arbour. She emigrated to Somerset as a child and was iconic in the development of local sports teams for girls. In 1947, Bea went on to play for the Racine Bells in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Her crowning sports moment came when she and all other women under contract were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. In 1952 she married Donald Parrott. They then built their home in Somerset and had 4 children. Bea was the first local female milkman, and she drove a school bus for Somerset Public Schools. Beatrice had a green thumb and an abiding love of nature that she passed on to many of her relations.
Published in The Herald News on June 19, 2019
Published in The Herald News on June 19, 2019
Beatrice (Arbour) Parrott, a professional baseball player from the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 10 2019, in Fall River, Massachusetts. Beatrice was well known and loved by many for her warm spirit, big heart and quick wit. She was 98. Beatrice was born in Gaspe, Quebec, on December 2, 1920 the daughter of the late Clovis and Zelia (Roy) Arbour. She emigrated to Somerset as a child and was iconic in the development of local sports teams for girls. In 1947, Bea went on to play for the Racine Bells in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Her crowning sports moment came when she and all other women under contract were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. In 1952 she married Donald Parrott. They then built their home in Somerset and had 4 children. Bea was the first local female milkman, and she drove a school bus for Somerset Public Schools. Beatrice had a green thumb and an abiding love of nature that she passed on to many of her relations.
Published in The Herald News on June 19, 2019
Published in The Herald News on June 19, 2019
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