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Eva M. Parrish, 16 May 2016, 88 yrs

PARRISH, LEINEN, BRITTEN, MAZUREK, SCOBELL, GILTNER, MOELLER, CALDWELL, GERLEMAN, ADAM

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 5/26/2016 at 11:21:11

Eva M. "Eve" Parrish, 88, of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, May 16, 2016, at Northbrook Manor Care Center. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, at St. Pius X Catholic Church officiated by the Rev. Phil Thompson. Visitation will be held at the church beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday. Interment will take place at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.

Survivors include her children, Lisa Mazurek of St. Michael, Minn., Susan (Mark) Scobell of Grand Rapids, Mich., Lynne Caldwell of St. Michael and Michael (Mary) Parrish of Cedar Rapids. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, Sophia, Jack and Natalie Mazurek, Anne, Laura and Rebecca Scobell, Megan Caldwell, and Kathleen and Grace Parrish.

Additional survivors include her siblings, Rose Ann (O.B. "Doc") Giltner of Fairlawn, Ohio, and Leon (Rose) Leinen of West Des Moines; brother-in-law, Robert Parrish of Denver, Colo.; three sisters-in-law, Darlene Leinen of Kalona, Norma Leinen of Keota and Jerri Leinen Moeller of Davenport; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Whitney Parrish; her parents, John and Anna Leinen; a son-in-law, David Caldwell; her sisters, Mary Catherine Gerleman and Bernadette Adam; and three brothers, Donald, Arthur and Jerome Leinen.

Eve was born at South English, Iowa, the daughter of John and Anna (Britten) Leinen. She graduated from St. Elizabeth High School in Harper and was a magna cum laude graduate of Mount Mercy College. On Dec. 26, 1959, she married Whitney Parrish at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. Whitney passed away in 1994.

They were charter members of St. Pius X Parish where she was active in St. Anne's Circle. She was a longtime member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority as well as the Tuesday Study Club.

Eve was previously employed by DRI and NW Railway, Western Weighing and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 1993, she retired after 20 years as accounting manager of Fleck Sales Company.

Memorial donations in Eve's name may be directed to St. Pius X Catholic Church. Online condolences may be conveyed at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home's Website .

The Gazette,Posted on Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 9a


 

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