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Claire Parssinen Obituary
A graduate of Mount Holyoke College in 1948, she began her career as a physicist at the Naval Underwater Sound Laboratory in New London in 1948. She later became a homemaker and mother of four children. She loved to take her family skiing and to the beach. She enjoyed painting and golf throughout her life and later became an avid tennis player and traveled extensively.
She is survived by two sons, Eric Parssinen, of Dallas, Texas, and Wayne Parssinen, of Sedona, Ariz.; two daughters, Nancy Vespoli, of Guilford, and Donna Parssinen, of Frankfurt, Germany; and four grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at Greenman Memorial Chapel at Elm Grove Cemetery, 197 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic on August 4 at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Heart Association, 122 East 42 St., NYC, NY 10168.
Mystic Funeral Home, Route 1, Mystic is in charge of arrangements.
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David Turco
August 3, 2005
I met Claire at the Westerly-Pawcatuck YMCA in the therapy pool several years ago. She had a unique personality and I always enjoyed hearing her unusual stories, of her trips to Germany, and about her early days as a physicist. She will be missed by her "pool buddies" and I hope her afterlife is just as unique!
Kathy Santos
August 2, 2005
I met Claire several years ago when she first volunteered for Westerly Shakespeare-in-the-Park. I enjoyed seeing her every summer and hearing about her family and her travel plans. She was a wonderful person and will be missed.
Fern Duksta-Stewart
August 2, 2005
Mrs. parssinen was a customer of mine when I worked at the Washington Trust Company. She was a very patient and comforting person to be around. May God grant her peace.
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