William W Parr, Jr.

1915 - 1983  (67 years)

• Name	William W Parr
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	23 Jul 1915	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 May 1983	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	7 May 1983	Memorial Park Cemetery (Penwell-Gabel Cemetery), Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5703	Rossville
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	William W Parr, Sr.,   d. 1931
  Mother	Amelia R Wunsch Parr Kincaid,   b. 29 Sep 1891, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 29 Sep 1978, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 87 years)
  Married	1912
  Family ID	F1832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Kaufman Parr,   b. 9 Apr 1917, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska ,   d. 2 Sep 1994, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 77 years)
  Married	2 Apr 1937	Tecumseh, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Nancy Louise Parr Besta + 2. Patricia Ann Parr Martinek   3. Kay Marlene Parr,   d. May 1953   4. Janice M Parr Pope + 5. Linda Parr Rafferty   6. William S Parr
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2019 00:51:11
  Family ID	F1812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 2 Apr 1937 - Tecumseh, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Parr, William W. William W. Parr Services will be at 10 a.rm today at First Lutheran Church in Topeka for William W. Parr, 67, Rossville, who died Wednesday at a Topeka hospital. He was born July 23, 1915, in Topeka, the son of William and Amelia Wunsch Parr, and lived in Rossville 26 years. Mr. Parr worked at the Topeka Supply Depot until 1948 when he moved to Whiting where he operated a service station. He later worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Topeka 26 years before he retired in 1977. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of First Lutheran Church and Local No. 307 of United Rubber Workers of America AFL-CIO, both in Topeka. He was married to Marie Kaufman April 2, 1937, in Topeka. She survives. A daughter, Kay Parr, died in 1952. Other survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Janice Pope and Mrs. Nancy Besta, both of Topeka, Mrs. Patricia Martinek, Union City, Tenn., and Mrs. Linda Rafferty, San Antonio, Texas; a son, William S. Parr, Newport Beach, Calif.; 15 grandchildren; and a great- granddaughter. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Parr will lie in state from 9 a.m. today until service time at First Lutheran Church. Memorial contributions may be made to First Lutheran Church, 1234 Fairlawn Road, 66604. Parker-Price Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.