The 16 December 2008 issue of the Madison [Lake County, South Dakota] Daily Leader carried the following obituary:
Marion Eleanor Bartlett Parsons died on Dec. 12, 2008, at her home in Anaheim, Calif.
Burial will be Thursday morning at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif.
The Hilgenfeld Mortuary, 120 E. Broadway, Anaheim, Calif., is in charge of arrangements.
Marian Bartlett was born on June 1, 1917, in Tracy, Minn., to Clarence Emery and Ethel Shepard Bartlett. The family moved to Madison when she was four [in about 1921]. She attended school in Madison. Following high school, she attended Eastern Normal School and graduated with a degree in teaching from The University of South Dakota in Vermillion. She taught business and drama. She married Rodney Thomas Parsons in 1941 and they went to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg, Ga., where he was an Army officer. In 1943, he joined the fighting forces in Europe as a part of the 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" and served until 1945, when he returned to South Dakota. They moved to Anaheim, Calif., in 1948. She taught high school business classes for 15 years. Her husband died in 1981.
She was very active on many boards and in many organizations.
Survivors include two sons Jim (Yvonne) of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Ken (Chella) Parsons of Temecula; three grandchildren; and a nephew Paul B. Van Buren.
Marion Eleanor Bartlett Parsons died on Dec. 12, 2008, at her home in Anaheim, Calif.
Burial will be Thursday morning at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif.
The Hilgenfeld Mortuary, 120 E. Broadway, Anaheim, Calif., is in charge of arrangements.
Marian Bartlett was born on June 1, 1917, in Tracy, Minn., to Clarence Emery and Ethel Shepard Bartlett. The family moved to Madison when she was four [in about 1921]. She attended school in Madison. Following high school, she attended Eastern Normal School and graduated with a degree in teaching from The University of South Dakota in Vermillion. She taught business and drama. She married Rodney Thomas Parsons in 1941 and they went to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg, Ga., where he was an Army officer. In 1943, he joined the fighting forces in Europe as a part of the 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" and served until 1945, when he returned to South Dakota. They moved to Anaheim, Calif., in 1948. She taught high school business classes for 15 years. Her husband died in 1981.
She was very active on many boards and in many organizations.
Survivors include two sons Jim (Yvonne) of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Ken (Chella) Parsons of Temecula; three grandchildren; and a nephew Paul B. Van Buren.
The 16 December 2008 issue of the Madison [Lake County, South Dakota] Daily Leader carried the following obituary:
Marion Eleanor Bartlett Parsons died on Dec. 12, 2008, at her home in Anaheim, Calif.
Burial will be Thursday morning at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif.
The Hilgenfeld Mortuary, 120 E. Broadway, Anaheim, Calif., is in charge of arrangements.
Marian Bartlett was born on June 1, 1917, in Tracy, Minn., to Clarence Emery and Ethel Shepard Bartlett. The family moved to Madison when she was four [in about 1921]. She attended school in Madison. Following high school, she attended Eastern Normal School and graduated with a degree in teaching from The University of South Dakota in Vermillion. She taught business and drama. She married Rodney Thomas Parsons in 1941 and they went to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg, Ga., where he was an Army officer. In 1943, he joined the fighting forces in Europe as a part of the 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" and served until 1945, when he returned to South Dakota. They moved to Anaheim, Calif., in 1948. She taught high school business classes for 15 years. Her husband died in 1981.
She was very active on many boards and in many organizations.
Survivors include two sons Jim (Yvonne) of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Ken (Chella) Parsons of Temecula; three grandchildren; and a nephew Paul B. Van Buren.
Marion Eleanor Bartlett Parsons died on Dec. 12, 2008, at her home in Anaheim, Calif.
Burial will be Thursday morning at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif.
The Hilgenfeld Mortuary, 120 E. Broadway, Anaheim, Calif., is in charge of arrangements.
Marian Bartlett was born on June 1, 1917, in Tracy, Minn., to Clarence Emery and Ethel Shepard Bartlett. The family moved to Madison when she was four [in about 1921]. She attended school in Madison. Following high school, she attended Eastern Normal School and graduated with a degree in teaching from The University of South Dakota in Vermillion. She taught business and drama. She married Rodney Thomas Parsons in 1941 and they went to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg, Ga., where he was an Army officer. In 1943, he joined the fighting forces in Europe as a part of the 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" and served until 1945, when he returned to South Dakota. They moved to Anaheim, Calif., in 1948. She taught high school business classes for 15 years. Her husband died in 1981.
She was very active on many boards and in many organizations.
Survivors include two sons Jim (Yvonne) of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Ken (Chella) Parsons of Temecula; three grandchildren; and a nephew Paul B. Van Buren.
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