Parish, Mildred M.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: PARI.M003
• _FGRAVE: 17917480

Notes:

Daughter of Ray and Elsie Fahler Parish. She married Cecil James Kayo Powless in May of 1931 in Clay County. He preceded her in death on March 2, 1982. Survivors include sons John Dale, Robert C. and daughter Kay Marie Stauffer. Brother William, sisters Catherine Myers and Helen Croton.

She won several women's golf championships and scored two holes in one during her golfing career, the last when whe was 81.

Funeral services were held at Frank and Bright Funeral Home in Flora, with Rev. Roscoe Rose and Rev. Keith Turner officiating. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church or the Flora Public Library.

Family/Spouse: Powless, Cecil James 'Kayo'. Cecil was born on 9 Nov 1910 in Wayne County, Illinois; died on 2 Mar 1982 in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Powless, John Dale was born in 1932; died in 2021.