Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....PARR , Hortense Marie  May 20 2002
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"The Davis Enterprise," Thursday, June 6, 2002
Hortense M. Parr

Hortense Marie Parr of College Park, Md., died following complications of a
stroke on May 20, 2002, at Washington Adventist Hospital. She was 76.

She was born on June 15, 1925, in Parsons, Kan., to Iver and Lulu Hambee Nelson.
In 1935, her family moved to Davis.

She attended public schools and graduated from Davis High School in 1943. She
married Robert Parr that same year.

She lived in Berkeley while her husband served in World War II. While living in
Portland, Sacramento and Davis, she was active in founding and developing
various Unitarian Universalist congregations. She was also active in Girl
Scouts, Cub Scouts and parent co-op nursery schools.

In 1963, her family moved to College Park, and then lived for some years in
Turkey and Afghanistan. She returned to College Park in 1975 and became involved
in the Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church in Adelphi, Md. She created
their Daytimer's Group, served on the finance committee and ran the church kitchen.

She was an instrumental member of the Community Cafe, an interdenominational
outreach food program. She remained active in Scouting, which was the birthplace
of her love of the outdoors, camping, bird watching and gardening.

Her brother and one grandson preceded her in death.

She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Robert D. Parr; son, Nick Parr of
Lusby, Md.; daughters, Cynthia Bell of Guam, Luanna Villanueva of Davis and
Deborah Parr of Seattle; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

A funeral service was held May 27 at Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church.
Co-ministers at the service were Jaco B. ten Hove and Barbara Wells. Interment
followed at Southern Memorial Gardens in Dunkirk, Md.

Memorial contributions may be made to Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist
Church, 3215 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783-1079.

Arrangements were provided by Raymond-Wood Funeral Home in Dunkirk.


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Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street,
Davis, CA 95616.

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