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Helen Eloyce Parish © Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home 08-2010 Submitted by: Jo Aguirre
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Helen Eloyce Parish was born on January 7, 1927 in Enid, OK to Carl and Helen Foy Zimmerman. She went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 30, 2010.
Mrs. Parish was a graduate of Enid High School where she was a member of the Drum and Bugle Corp. She married Lawrence Russell Parish on January 30, 1943. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and the First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school and sang with the Choir.
In 1958 Mrs. Parish moved with her family to Oklahoma City. She joined the Village Baptist Church and together with her husband served as the Superintendent and Teacher in the Young Adults Department as well as Director of Bible School. She devoted nineteen years leading youth in Cub Scouts, Blue Birds and Camp Fire Girls.
Mrs. Parish moved to Okemah, OK in 1977 and worked as a deputy County Clerk until 1979 when she began work with the Farmer’s Home Administration. She retired from there in 1990. She was a member St Luke’s United Methodist Church and PEO.
She is survived by two sons, Lawrence W Parish and wife Lori of Okemah, Richard Parish and wife Marla of Norman and one daughter, Patti Miller and husband Phil of Okemah. She is also survived by five grandsons and one granddaughter, two great grandchildren, and one brother, Richard Zimmerman of Baton Rouge, LA and her special friend Dorothy Williams.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and one sister, Betty Hodge of Colorado.
The greatest joy in our mother’s life was her family. She dedicated herself to loving and caring for those she loved. It was her wish to return to her home in Enid. Services will be Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home, Enid, OK. Jerry Erwin will officiate. Interment will be at the Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, OK.
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