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Beverly Ann Parfitt

Beverly Parfitt Obituary

Beverly Ann PARFITT Beverly Ann Parfitt passed away very peacefully in the early morning hours of December 26th 2011 with beautiful Christmas music playing in her room and family present. Beverly was the daughter of Thomas Jacobs and Margaret Beaman and was born August 27th 1925 in Seattle. She was a truly wonderful human being who was kind and considerate to all. Mom was a life long member of St. Marks Catholic Church in Shoreline. Beverly is survived by her kids William Jr. (wife Barbara), Jim, Sarah, and Laurence (wife Shelly) and many grand and great-grand kids.Her memorial will be on Saturday, Jan 14th at 12 noon at Evergreen - Washelli Funeral Home at 11111 Aurora Ave N. Seattle, Wa 98133. A graveside service will follow at about 1:30pm at Holyrood Cemetery in Shoreline at 205 N.E. 205th St. Shoreline Wa. 98155. Please read the longer version of mom's obituary and guest book posts at the Times www.legacy.com site and also on www.washelli.com.

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Published by The Seattle Times on Jan. 14, 2012.

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for Beverly Parfitt

8 Entries

...and still with dad (Bill).

Jim Parfitt

January 17, 2012

Still with Bill...

Jim Parfitt

January 17, 2012

With Bill.

Jim Parfitt

January 17, 2012

When mom lived in Forks.

Jim Parfitt

January 17, 2012

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Beverly portrait

Jim Parfitt

January 17, 2012

Bev with pet. Probably a hand-colored photo.

Jim Parfitt

January 17, 2012

Mom and I in the Tumwater canyon enroute to Chelan.

Jim Parfitt

January 13, 2012

This is a more in-depth obit for mom by her son Jim:

Beverly Ann Parfitt was born in Seattle on August 27th 1925, the daugher of Thomas Jacobs and Margaret Beaman. Her father worked as a professional band musician, and when times got tougher, he went to work in the mills on the Olympic peninsula sawing shingles (and ultimately losing some fingers...thus ending his music carreer). Her Irish mother was a homemaker and "serious card player". Beverly had two older sisters; Jeane and Eileen, and a brother Tom. In her younger years, Beverly was a very proficient dancer and a wonderful singer. Some of my (son Jim) earliest memories were of mom singing around the house at her full voice, it seemed, non-stop. Beverly had a beautiful singing voice and could sing any of the jazz standards and show tunes as well as any of the pros.( and I now spend my time playing music nearly full time as a result, no doubt, of her early influence). As a child, Beverly attended Lake Forest Park elementary school and when the family moved to the Olympic Peninsula, she began at Forks High school. Later the family relocated back to Seattle and Bev finished high school at Roosevelt High. Back in Seattle, their family moved into a very modest house "practically a shack" in North Seattle just off of 15th Ave. I recall many happy times from my childhood in this tiny house. It was always full of life with kids, animals, food cooking, week-long monopoly games on the kitchen table,etc. Her father had a huge organic garden in the back yard before anyone had heard of the term. Beverly's parents were always a lot of fun with Thomas "grandpa" inventing all sorts of strange devices in the garage (her dad built one of the first radios in Seattle), and taking us on fishing trips and playing musical spoons (which required fewer fingers) and Margaret "grandma" with the seemingly continuous card game going on in the kitchen taking on all comers. There was always lots of great food and laughter in this very Irish home.
As fate would have it, just across 15th ave lived William R. Parfitt, the Doctor's son. Bill and Bev became friends and after surviving WWII in the Pacific Theatre, when Bill returned to the states, they married. William and Beverly settled in North Seattle and raised four children; William Jr., Jim, Sarah and Laurence (by decending age). Our parents were absolutely the best parents anyone could ask for, and we had many good times, vacations, etc. Mom (Beverly) was absolutely committed to Dad and her family, and did everything for the family's sake. Dad was a steady and supportive husband, and mom and him were good friends, and so the home was peaceful and solid. Mom set a very high standard as far as character goes; she always insisted that we tell the truth, don't take any shortcuts, pay the correct price for things, be courteous and considerate of others. Mom was sincere, honest, cheerful, kind, funny and just a good human being. She and dad taught us to care for people, and also to take care of things. She loved travel and I suspect talked dad into taking us kids on a number of great old-fashioned family vacations complete with the station wagon, boat, trailer, tent and flashlight that would die on cue when the tent was half set up. We had some wonderful adventures on these trips, and explored much of the Pacific Northwest. Beverly liked meeting new places and people and was an avid walker and exerciser throughout her life. She was always up to try something new; food, places, etc. She was a great cook and made dinner (including dessert) for whoever made it to the table virtually every single evening until a stroke felled her in August of '09. Even after her first stroke left her unable to speak, she kept her great sense of humor and spirit and would sing along with songs as well as she could and pat her helpers on the arm or head affectionately, and laugh often, etc. During this period of time, together we watched what must have been every episode of "Little House on the Prarie" and a whole lot of Martha Stewart cooking shows. (Both of which I came to really appreciate!) She understood and loved all of it, and mom actually enjoyed a unique period of being free of responsibilites and carefree at last. Eventually mom suffered a second stroke and had to be moved to another home. Beverly decided to stop eating and drinking a few days before Christmas of 2011. (We think maybe she wanted to be home for Christmas). She died peacefully in the early hours of December 26th 2011 with family present and beautiful Christmas music playing in her room. Mom was a life long member of St. Marks Catholic Church in Shoreline. We had mom in Bellcare adult family home (LFP) and at Foss Home in Greenwood. Mom was very well cared for in both places. We are forever grateful to our wonderful parents. Obituary written by Jim Parfitt Ps: there is a slide show of mom on the Evergreen-Washelli obituary page under her name.

Joyce Koslosky

January 8, 2012

Bev and I were friends for over half a century. She was one of the truly nicest women I have ever known. Never talked down about anyone and didn't like to be around any one who did.

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