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Irene Parrish Obituary

FORSYTH - Irene Parrish, 92, of Forsyth, passed away Friday December 25, 2009 at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral Service will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at Dawson and Wikoff West Wood St. Funeral Home with visitation one hour prior to service time. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Condolences can be sent to the family via email at www.dawson-wikoff.com Memorials can be made to the Forsyth United Methodist Church or to D.M.H. Hospice. Irene was born on October 29, 1917 the daughter of Herman and Lulu (Chalcraft) Edge. She was married on August 7, 1935 to Earl Parrish. He preceded her in death on June 16, 1994. She was a waitress at Pineys Sundown for many years until her retirement. Irene is survived by her daughters: Carol A. McKinley and husband Roger of Forsyth, IL and Virginia L. Doty of Decatur. Nine grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her daughter Marylin Davis, one brother and one sister. Obituary written by family members. Online guest book at www.legacy.com/herald-review/Obituaries.asp

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Published by Denver Post on Dec. 27, 2009.

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Katie Lynch

January 3, 2010

So sorry to hear of Irene's passing. We were in Florida and just got back. What a sweet lady Irene was. I always enjoyed her visits to the salon. Cherish the memories, as I know you all have a lot of them with her.

Barbara & Dave Ekiss

December 27, 2009

You and your familys all have our Sympathy at this time. It is so hard to give up such a sweet person as Irene. But she is probley waiting
on everyone and Mom is cooking while Earl and Dad are fishing. The foursome
is all back togeather. You all have
our thoughts and prayers.

Pam Gebhart

December 27, 2009

Robbin, Chris, Miranda & Taylor,

So sorry for your loss.
We will keep you all in our prayers.

Pam, Ger & Andrew

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