PARRETT, Ralph C. 1891 - 1936

PARRETT, MARSH

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 2/18/2006 at 17:31:42

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Monday, July 27, 1936
Page 5, Column 5

Ralph C. PARRETT

Ralph C. PARRETT of, Fort Madison, a former resident of Fairfield, died at the Hill Hotel in Omaha, at 7:00 p.m. The body was returned to Fort Madison, and the funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. at the Clements
Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in the Fairfield cemetery (sic. Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, Iowa), at 4:45 p.m., tomorrow.

Mr. PARRETT was born Sept. 16, 1891, near Fairfield. He was a merchantile (sic - mercantile?) salesman and resided in this city prior to his residence in Fort Madison. He
married Emma Kathryn MARSH, July 17, 1923, and is survived by the wife, two sons and two brothers, and one sister.

He enlisted in the World War in 1917 and was discharged in 1919. Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will act as an escort.

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Note: Buried in Evergreen cemetery, Fairfield Iowa. 2nd.005.

Special note: The inscription on the headstone reads:
RALPH
COLLINS
PARRETT
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IOWA
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PVT. 1CL. BASE HOSP. 32
MED DEPT
AUGUST 24, 1936

(sic. it isn't clear if the August 24, 1936 was an engraving error or meant something else; it could have meant July 24, 1936 for his DOD. Ralph was buried on July 28, 1936.)

[Also posted to the Lee County Obituaries board]

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s).