Jane Parisi

Jane Elizabeth Parisi, 75, of Idaho Falls, died November 16, 2008, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center following an eight-month courageous battle from complications of a ruptured abdominal aneurysm and cancer.

She was born July 25, 1933, in Waltham, Massachusetts, to St. Clair and Kathleen Crowe Conrad. She graduated from St. Mary's High School in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1951. She attended business school in Boston.

She married Joseph A. Parisi Jr. in St. Mary's Church in Waltham on August 3, 1957. She worked for many years in financial institutions, retiring in 1995 as the Senior Vice President at High Desert Federal Credit Union in Apple Valley, California. She was a member of Christ the King Roman Catholic Church in Idaho Falls. She was a member of Our Lady of the Desert Church in Apple Valley for 27 years. She was a member of the Citizen's Patrol for the Apple Valley Police Department. She loved to travel and visited many places.

Survivors include her husband, Joseph Parisi of Idaho Falls; children, Leanna M. Tierney of San Bernardino, Calif., and Jordan J. Parisi of Victorville, Calif.; grandchildren, Erin E. Tierney of San Bernardino, Calif., Anthony J. Parisi of Buena Park, Calif., and Christopher W. Parisi, Alicia M. Parisi and Michael S. Parisi, all of Victorville, Calif.; and siblings, Gordan Conrad of Newton, Mass., Barbara Fraser of Lantana, Fla., and Judith Powelsland of Waltham, Mass. She was preceded in death by her son, Damian Parisi.

A Prayer Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, November 28, 2008, at Wood Funeral Home East Side Chapel, 963 S. Ammon Rd., with Deacon Wence Rodriquez of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church officiating. A Memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at Our Lady of the Desert Catholic Church in Apple Valley, California. Burial beside her son, Damian, will be in Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.

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