Obituary for Vena Parsons(nee: Betzing)(b.1914 d.1993, Nicollet, Co., MN)
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Obituary for Vena Parsons (nee: Betzing)
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Died: December 22, 1993
Born: February 24, 1914
Parents: William and Sallie Betzing
Spouse: Mahlon T. Parsons
Married: August 15, 1935
Occupation: Teacher, secretary

Personal data: Born in Tipton, Iowa and grew up in St. Peter, Minnesota.   
Taught school in the Nicollet area and in various places in the midwest.  
Secretary for Von Ruden Manufacturing Co. in Claremont.  She and her 
husband managed a restaurant in Traverse.  She retired in Nicollet and 
later moved to Wisconsin.

Accomplishments: She was the first woman to manage a grain elevator in New 
Ulm.
Survived by: Two daughters and their husbands, Maxine and Dominic Sparacino
of West Plains, Mo., and Kay and Ralph Boruch of Wausau; one son and his 
wife, Randy and Rita Parsons of Canon City, Co.; 11 grandchildren, 10 
great-granchildren and one sister, Ruby Schmit of St. Peter.

She was preceded in death by her husband and one brother, Clive Betzing.