Judith Irene Parkhurst
PARKHURST, ROHWER, LARSON, SCOTT, GREEN, PANOSSIAN, KARDOS
Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 2/9/2023 at 08:17:40
Judith Irene Parkhurst, age 90, of Iowa City, Iowa, passed away on January 27, 2023 at the University of Iowa Hospitals. To honor Judith’s wishes, a cremation has taken place and her family will have a Celebration of Life at a later date. Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service is serving the family.
Judith was born on December 21, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois to Ahlert and Irene (Rohwer) Larson. She was graduated from Moline Public High School and married James Parkhurst, also from Moline. Two daughters were born to the marriage including Deborah (Parkhurst) Green and Elizabeth (Parkhurst) Scott. The marriage was later dissolved amicably while Judith continued her education – including graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Augustana College, receiving her M.S. in Geography from Indiana University and Ph.D., in Geography from University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Judith later taught Geography at Wayne State University in Detroit and Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.
Judith was passionate about learning, reading, science, music, and nature. She discovered the Catholic faith and God later in life and taught her children to believe in themselves and always be all they were meant to be. She will be dearly missed.
Judith is survived by her daughters, Deborah P. Green of Iowa City, and Elizabeth P. (Doug) Scott, of Star Lake, Wisconsin. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Ryan Scott of Tacoma, WA, Kevin (Nadia Panossian) Scott of Denver, Co, and Morgan Scott (Jon) Kardos of Encinitas, CA.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Ahlert Larson, and her son in law, Leon C. Green.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Judith’s name may be made either to Moline Public Library, 3210 41st Street, Moline, IL 61265 or the University of Illinois, Geography Department, Charles S. Alexander Geography Graduate Student Support Fund, 2044 Natural History Building, 1301 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801.
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