Magdalena Marguerite Metzner Parr, second oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Metzner, died at the Colfax hospital at Colfax, Washington, Saturday, August 13. The cause of death beingperonitis.
Mrs. Parr was born in Henry county, Illinois, December 12, 1893, she came to Ritzville with her parents about twenty five years ago.
On June 1, 1910, she was united in marrriage with Wm.
Burton Parr, at Ritzville. They moved at once to Mohler, Wash., where they lived for eight years, going from there to Garfield, Wash., where they have resided since.
Mrs. Parr was a member of the Eastern Star and of the Methodist church of Garfield. She leaves to mourn her loss, her husband and five children, Wayne, age 15, Leon 13, Robert 9, Warren 2 and baby Louis 9 months, her parents and four sisters, Mrs. Ora Ethridge, Pullman, Mrs. Henry Buscher, Sprague, Mrs. Grace Faler, Spokane, Mrs. C. W. Nissen, Ritzville. Two brothers also survive, Fred of Ritzville and Herbert of Marysville, Cal.
Funeral services were held at the M. E. church at Garfield, Sunday afternoon. The impressive ritual of the Eastern Star being used. Rev. Pratt of Thornton, an old family friend, officiated.
The Journal-Times Thursday, Aug. 18, 1927
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Magdalena Marguerite Metzner Parr, second oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Metzner, died at the Colfax hospital at Colfax, Washington, Saturday, August 13. The cause of death beingperonitis.
Mrs. Parr was born in Henry county, Illinois, December 12, 1893, she came to Ritzville with her parents about twenty five years ago.
On June 1, 1910, she was united in marrriage with Wm.
Burton Parr, at Ritzville. They moved at once to Mohler, Wash., where they lived for eight years, going from there to Garfield, Wash., where they have resided since.
Mrs. Parr was a member of the Eastern Star and of the Methodist church of Garfield. She leaves to mourn her loss, her husband and five children, Wayne, age 15, Leon 13, Robert 9, Warren 2 and baby Louis 9 months, her parents and four sisters, Mrs. Ora Ethridge, Pullman, Mrs. Henry Buscher, Sprague, Mrs. Grace Faler, Spokane, Mrs. C. W. Nissen, Ritzville. Two brothers also survive, Fred of Ritzville and Herbert of Marysville, Cal.
Funeral services were held at the M. E. church at Garfield, Sunday afternoon. The impressive ritual of the Eastern Star being used. Rev. Pratt of Thornton, an old family friend, officiated.
The Journal-Times Thursday, Aug. 18, 1927
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