Parfitt, Douglas F.

Other Events:

• Other Info or Events: 12 Jun 1939; son of Ernest Parfitt and Margaret Agnes Becher
• 1940 Census: 1940, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Obituary: 27 Jul 2011; Appleton Post Crescent

Notes:

1940 Census:
Ernest Parfitt 38
Margaret Parfitt 33
Douglas Parfitt 10/12

Obituary:
Douglas F. Parfitt, 72 of Sierra Vista, AZ formerly lived in Green Bay, WI, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 24, 2011 in Sierra Vista. He was born June 12, 1939 in Appleton, WI to Ernest and Margaret (Becher) Parfitt. Doug graduated Appleton Senior High School in 1957. He served two years in the US Navy aboard the USS Hazelwood.
He worked at Banta Publishing Company in Menasha until 1962. On January 25, 1964, he married Florence B. Grunske and they lived in Menasha while he attended Fox Valley Technical Institute where he received an Associate of Arts degree in Computer Science. In 1969, they moved Green Bay and Doug was employed at Northeast Wisconsin Technical Institute. In the early 1980's, he worked at Wisconsin Public Service for several years.
He was married a second time to Rose VanSchyndel on November 27, 1982. In 1989, they moved to Ayer, MA and then moved in 1990 to Sierra Vista where he retired on disability.
In Sierra Vista, he championed ADA handicap accessibility. Doug and Rose were responsible for building the first handicap housing units in Sierra Vista. He also pushed his community to be one of the first areas of Arizona to have curb cuts in sidewalks for wheel chair access.
Doug was preceded in death by both his parents.
He is survived by his wife Rose (Sierra Vista, AZ), his sons James (Cindy) Parfitt (De Pere) and Patrick (Kathy) Kreuser (Sierra Vista) and daughter Ellen Kreuser (Harvey Moffatt) (Manitowoc). He has 9 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He also is survived by his sister Karen Parfitt (Green Bay).
In accordance with his wishes, there will be no funeral service. His organs are being donated and he will be interred at the military cemetery on Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, AZ. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Arthritis Foundation or the American Lung Association.
Published in Appleton Post-Crescent on July 27, 2011

Douglas married Grunske, Florence B. [Group Sheet]

Douglas married VanSchyndel, Rose [Group Sheet]