Adam Parsons

I was a teenager in Detroit when I knew Col Parsons, while attending the Romanian Baptist Church. I remember his great laugh. My prayers are with you all in the loss of your Dad & Grandpa. Trust in the Lord for the comfort He offers.Blessings to you all.

Adam would always light up my day when he would come to shop at Summervilles, I helped him find his favorite pens for years. Always a smile on his face.rest in peace Adam.

To Adam's Family
I was very sorry to hear about Adam's passing. He was a good friend and we will miss him. My father, Dale Van Hyning, who passed away in the year 2000, and Adam were business aquaintances. Dale was a veteran of WWII also. Dale talked often over the years about the many trips he took with Adam over to Europe and about the enjoyment his friendship with Adam brought to him.

I knew Adam Parsons from Woodland Church. My parents knew him. My Dad knew him from college. Adam was a friend who reached out to many people. He was vibrant and connected to all he came in contact with. He was exuberant and engaged in living. A tremendous presence who made a deep and long lasting impression. He was a hero, and an example of how to live life in full. My deepest sympathy to his family.

To the family of Adam Parsons:
As members of MAPS Air Museum, we are honored that MAPS was chosen to display Col. Parsons' military memorabilia. His participation in the war truly helped to give the country and world the freedoms we enjoy today.

We regret never having gotten the opportunity to know him.



The Pilot's Prayer

Take me over sky blue waters
Hills rolling green
Let me clear those rugged mountains
As I climb for heavens door.
Departure, I'm out of one four
Headed for ever more, Reporting
Paradise in sight.

(Robert R. Barnett, 10-12-2001)


Respectfully,

Nelle,
Adam had a full and adventuresome life. For 24 years I was married to Hank Tatko...ten years after he died I married a wonderful Christian man, we just celebrated our 23 yr anniversary. Hank worked for Curtis Steel when we first married. Later started Tatko Machine out on Canton Road. We had a son who took flying lessons at 15 and was ATP rated, then he married, has worked for Lockheed Martin (used to be Goodyear Aerospace)..also has aeronautical engineers degree. My daughter, Sue is principal of middle school in Canada has three married daughters and now I am a great-grandmother...how times flies. My youngest emigrated to Australia a decade ago. We have visited there and even planned to retire there but over 70 and on prescription drugs not accepted. We have visited fairly often.

Glad you have children, grandchildren to be a comfort

ADAM PARSON in memoriam
Adam will be remembered by us as a great patriot and a true hero.He had many friends in France where he was highly admired.We will always be grateful to him for the heroic part he took in the Liberation of France.

To Col. Parsons' family,
Col. Parsons was a friend to everyone he met. I met him in 1990 when he attended our Camp Toccoa Reunion in Toccoa, Georgia where he took his paratrooper training and was responsible for many of the physical training exercises established in paratrooper basic training established at Camp Toccoa in 1942. A generous and kind gentleman, he will be missed.

Adam:
I always admired you as a
gentelman and as a person.
God Bless.
Bernie Haberman
Formly Bernies Shaver Shop

OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU.

Dear Adam,
My friend, I can not put into words how dearly you will be
missed by all who knew you.

May God with you.

Dona Haslage

Col Adam Parsons, USAF (Ret)

We have been friends since 1948 when we met in the active Air Force reserves in Akron, Ohio. We later served on active duty together at Andrews AFB, MD, and have remained friends. I will always remember you as one of the finest men I have ever known. You were an outstanding athlete, a highly respected and decorated officer and combat pilot during WW II and Korea. I found you to be highly intelligent, a successful businessman and a dedicated American. I will always remember your wonderful sense of humor. I observed you to be a loving husband and father devoted to your family. You will be sorely missed by all who had the good fortune to know you well. Marcelle and I send all of your family our heartfelt sympathy. Old friend, God bless you and may you rest in peace. Your good friend,

James H Thornton
Colonel, USAF (Ret)

My dear friend Adam,

Knowing you has been the highlight of my life. I have always found you to be considerate, kind and thoughtful of the needs of others. You have been a good friend for many years. God bless you and may you rest in peace.

We send our deepest sympathies to the family.

You have left your mark in history

and your past is lifted high.

Now your future is before you

in God's eternal Sky.

Fly on Hero, fly on.

Colonel Parsons:



To my Hero, my friend. You will be missed dearly, but because you touched the lives of every person that has ever met you, you will never, ever be forgotten. It is men like you and your generation that gave us everything we have today, our way of life, and our unprecedented freedoms. Your sacrifices will never be forgotten. I am truly a better person from the time I was able to spend with you. Thank you for your friendship as it will always be one of the most cherished in my lifetime.



Clear Skies and Soft Landings my Dear Friend.



With the utmost respect and admiration, I salute you.