George Franklin Parry

George Franklin Parry 1923 ~ 2005 George Franklin Parry, 82, of Grants Pass, Oregon, died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. Parry was born April 12, 1923 in Garfield, Utah, and grew up in Herriman, Utah. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945. On June 19, 1945, he married Joy Thompson, who survives, at the Salt Lake Temple. He moved from Southern California to Grants Pass. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Merlin Ward, and served as patriarch emeritus of the Grants Pass Stake. George also was a member of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers, Disabled American Veterans and the Gem and Mineral Society. He was a member of a Monday afternoon study group with friends from his church and belonged to a Vitality Center dancing group. He was a rock-hound and lapidarist. In addition to his wife, Joy, he is survived by brothers, Everett T. Parry, Herriman; and Arnold K. Parry, Kearns, Utah; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Dec. 17, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Goff Mortuary, 8090 So. State, where friends may call from 9:45-10:45 a.m. Interment, Sandy City Cemetery.