Parfitt, Douglas F.

1939 - 2011  (72 years)

• Name	Parfitt, Douglas F.
  Birth	12 Jun 1939	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Other Info or Events	12 Jun 1939
  son of Ernest Parfitt and Margaret Agnes Becher
  1940 Census	1940	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Ernest Parfitt 38 Margaret Parfitt 33 Douglas Parfitt 10/12
  Death	24 Jul 2011	Sierra Vista, Cochise, Arizona, USA
  Obituary	27 Jul 2011
  Appleton Post Crescent
  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
  Person ID	I321435	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Parfitt, Ernst Austin,   b. 22 Jun 1902   d. 2 Apr 1980 (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Becher, Margaret Agnes,   b. 16 Jan 1907   d. 10 Jun 1990 (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F215569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Grunske, Florence B.
  Children	1. Parfitt, James
  Family ID	F212637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family 2	VanSchyndel, Rose
  Family ID	F212185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2016

  
  

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