Joseph R. Parmenter 1900-1989

PARMENTER

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Date: 5/5/2007 at 10:52:24

The Red Oak Express
Red Oak, Iowa
Tuesday, 31 Jan 1989

Graveside services for Joseph Ranson Parmenter, 88, Red Oak, were Monday at Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, with the Rev. Roger Maize officiating. Sellergren-Lindell Funeral Home, Red Oak, was in charge of arrangements. He died Thursday (Jan. 26, 1989) at Vista Gardens Care Center, Red Oak, following a lengthy illiness.

Mr. Parmenter was born June 1, 1900, in Homer, Nebraska, to Mr. and Mrs. John Parmenter. He married Pearl Tyson on Nov. 10, 1923, in Missouri Valley.

Reared in Nebraska, he had lived a number of years in Nebraska City, Nebraska. He had been a carpenter and also lived in other Midwest states moving to Red Oak in June, 1980 to live with his daughter. He had been a resident of Vista Gardens Care Center since September, 1987.

Survivors include three sons, Ernest Parmenter of Garland, Texas, Bill Parmenter, Farmerville, Louisiana, and Richard Parmenter; three daughters, Doris Coffman of Red Oak, Betty Pfeifle of Alexandria, Minnesota, and Sandra Davis of Lincoln, Arkansas; 18 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; three brothers, John Parmenter of California, Don Parmenter of Oregon and Bus Parmenter of Norfolk, Nebraska; and two sisters, Helen Arrison of Mesa, Arizona, and Mary McClain of Fremont, Nebraska.