H. Lorene Parrett, 77

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

H. Lorene Parrett, 77, died Sunday, March 14, in Mountain Home, after a long illness.

At her request there will be no services held.

She was born Feb. 17, 1927, in Turpin, Okla., to Francis and Lela Young Burch. The family moved to Sherwood, Ore., in 1935.

Lorene married Edward Canty in 1944. They divorced after their daughter, Barbara, was born. In 1946 Lorene married William Parrett and lived in Oregon for 22 years, later moving to Boise.

After her husband, William, died in 1977, she moved to Mountain Home in 1986.

Lorene is survived by: her children, Bobbi Topacio of Juneau, Alaska, William Parrett of Mountain Home and Jack Parrett of Culebra, Puerto Rico; a brother, Dean, of Vancouver, Wash.; 9 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

She was preceeded in death by her husband, her parents and a brother, LeRoy.