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William M Parrish

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William M Parrish

Birth
Taylor County, Iowa, USA
Death
14 Oct 1962 (aged 91)
Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa)
Thursday October 18, 1962 p. 5
Final Rites For Will Parrish Held Tues.
Final rites were held here Tuesday for Wm. M. Parrish, 91, well known Taylor Co. resident and former sheriff. Interment was in Fairview cemetery.

Included in the service held at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home was the following obituary:

Wm. M. Parrish passed away at the Missouri Methodist Hospital in St. Joseph, Mo., at 9:00 a. m. Sunday, October 14, following a prolonged illness. He would have been 92 years of age had he lived until January.

Wm. Parrish, son of Addison and Susan Paul Parrish, was born in Taylor County, Iowa, Jan. 19, 1871. He has lived in and near Bedford all of his life, except for the few months he spent in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Paul M. Cobb in St. Joseph, Mo., just prior to his death.

During the Spanish-American War, he served with Co. I of the 51st Regiment of the Iowa infantry in the Philippines.

Mr. Parrish was united in marriage to Minnie O. [live] Eighmy at Bedford, Iowa, Sept. 3, 1900. She passed away in June 1916. He is survived by two sons, Paul Parrish of Los Angeles, Calif., and Dean Parrish of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and three daughters, Alice Parrish of San Rafael, Calif., Mrs. Roy Buchanan [Ruth] of Redondo Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Paul M. Cobb [Eula] of St. Joseph, Mo.; nine grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.

Mr. Parrish was a member of the Methodist church and was also affiliated with the I. O. O. F. lodge and the V. F. W. in Bedford.
Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa)
Thursday October 18, 1962 p. 5
Final Rites For Will Parrish Held Tues.
Final rites were held here Tuesday for Wm. M. Parrish, 91, well known Taylor Co. resident and former sheriff. Interment was in Fairview cemetery.

Included in the service held at the Shum-Novinger Funeral Home was the following obituary:

Wm. M. Parrish passed away at the Missouri Methodist Hospital in St. Joseph, Mo., at 9:00 a. m. Sunday, October 14, following a prolonged illness. He would have been 92 years of age had he lived until January.

Wm. Parrish, son of Addison and Susan Paul Parrish, was born in Taylor County, Iowa, Jan. 19, 1871. He has lived in and near Bedford all of his life, except for the few months he spent in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Paul M. Cobb in St. Joseph, Mo., just prior to his death.

During the Spanish-American War, he served with Co. I of the 51st Regiment of the Iowa infantry in the Philippines.

Mr. Parrish was united in marriage to Minnie O. [live] Eighmy at Bedford, Iowa, Sept. 3, 1900. She passed away in June 1916. He is survived by two sons, Paul Parrish of Los Angeles, Calif., and Dean Parrish of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and three daughters, Alice Parrish of San Rafael, Calif., Mrs. Roy Buchanan [Ruth] of Redondo Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Paul M. Cobb [Eula] of St. Joseph, Mo.; nine grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.

Mr. Parrish was a member of the Methodist church and was also affiliated with the I. O. O. F. lodge and the V. F. W. in Bedford.


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