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The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., August 21, 1997, page 5

DOROTHY PARRISH

            Dorothy Parrish, 84 of Pendleton passed away on Sunday, Aug. 10 in Pendleton. She was born on Jan. 3, 1913 in Quincy, Wash. to Alfronzo and Emma Sweet. She attended rural schools at Quincy.
            Dorothy was united in marriage to William L. Parrish on Dec. 17, 1934 in Walla Walla. The family lived in at Pendleton until moving to High Prairie in 1963, and into Goldendale in 1981.
            Dorothy and her husband were farmers who raised wheat and cattle. She later moved back to Pendleton to be near her daughter. She enjoyed sewing and playing cards.
            Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband.
            Survivors include: her two sons, James R. of Wisconsin and William E. of Parkdale, Ore., two daughters, Katheryn Montgomery of Pendleton and Alice Parker of Wapato, nine grandchildren, five great grandchildren and a sister Winifred Clow of Colusa Calif.
            Funeral services were held on Aug. 15.at the Erdman Funeral Home. Interment was in the family plot of Lone Pine Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Klickitat Co. Historical Society or the Goldendale Senior Center. 


 

The East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR., August 13, 1997, page 7A

DOROTHY PARRISH

            PENDLETON --  The funeral for Dorothy Parrish will b 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel at Erdman Funeral Home in Goldendale, Wash., with interment at the family plot of Lone Pine Cemetery at High Prairie.
            Mrs. Parrish, 84, of Pendleton, died Sunday, Aug. 10, 1997, at Pendleton.
            She was born Jan. 3, 1913, at Quincy, Wash., to Alfonzo and Emma Sweet. She attended rural schools at Quincy, and on Dec. 17, 1934, married William L. Parrish at Walla Walla.
            They lived at Pendleton before moving to High Prairie in 1963 and into Goldendale in 1981.
            They farmed at High Prairie, raising; wheat and cattle.
            Mrs. Parrish enjoyed sewing and playing; cards.
            She came to Pendleton in 1996 to be near her daughter. Her husband, William, died in 1987. Survivors include sons, James in Wisconsin, and William of Parkdale, Ore.; daughters, Katheryn Montgomery of Pendleton and Alice Parker of Wapato, Wash.; nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a sister, Winifred Clow of Colusa, Calif. Memorial contributions may be made to the Umatilla County Historical Society, or the American Heart Association, directly or through Erdman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 134, Goldendale, WA 99620.