PARRISH, Carolyn

(Maiden Name: Drexel)


Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ - Posted: Sunday, September 7, 2014 - Carolyn Drexel Parrish, 86, passed away Sept. 1, 2014 with family by her side in Lake Havasu City. Born April 1, 1928, she was the second child of Otto and Grace Drexel of Kansas City, Mo. The family moved to California where Carolyn graduated from Santa Monica High School. Shortly thereafter, she met and married her husband, Donald Parrish, who at the end of his law enforcement career was a captain of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department. An avid traveler and genealogist during her retirement years, Carolyn was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and her brother Donald Drexel. She is survived by daughters and their spouses, Lynn and Dimitrios Georges of Springfield, Ill. and Shannon and Dan Condie of Lake Havasu City and four grandchildren. Gravesite services will be at 1 p.m., Monday at Santa Clara Mortuary in Oxnard, Calif. The family is thankful for the services of Casa Grande Assisted Living Home and Hospice of Havasu. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Havasu at 365 S. Lake Havasu Ave., Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403. Services were placed in the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home & Crematory. Thoughts and condolences may be sent to Carolyn’s family at www.lietz- frazefuneralhome.com.