Cyrene Matilda Holter Parr

1857 - 1923  (66 years)

• Name	Cyrene Matilda Holter Parr
  Born	29 Apr 1857	Pomery, Meggs County, Ohio
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Jul 1923	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5677	Rossville
  Last Modified	16 May 2017

  
  

  Family	Andrew Jackson Parr,   b. 3 Mar 1854, Harmony, Clay County, Indiana ,   d. 22 Apr 1935, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 81 years)
  Married	19 Mar 1879	Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
  Children	1. Grace M Parr Pederson Wehry,   b. 30 Mar 1880, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 1 Aug 1972, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 92 years) + 2. Glenn A Parr,   b. 30 Nov 1881, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 5 Jun 1967, Kansas City  (Age 85 years)   3. Blanche A Parr,   b. 18 Jul 1884, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 30 Dec 1987, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 103 years) + 4. Lester Olan (Jack) Parr,   b. 1886, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 7 Jan 1968, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 82 years) + 5. August S Parr,   b. 3 Feb 1894, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 10 Oct 1955, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2019 18:39:50
  Family ID	F1807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 19 Mar 1879 - Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Parr, Cyrene Mrs. Parr Succumbs to Paralytic Stroke Mrs. Cyrene M. Parr, aged 60 years, 2 months and 7 days, wife of A. J. Parr, passed away at 11 o'clock last Friday evening, at the family home on the corner of Orange and Perry streets, after an illness of several weeks from paralysis. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Rossville Christian church, conducted by the Rev. G.G. Horne, of Topeka, pastor of the church. Interment was made in Rossville cemetery. Cyrene M. Holter was born in Meggs county, near Pomery, Ohio, April 29, 1857. At the age of eighteen she came to Kansas in the year of 1875. For two years after her arrival she taught school at DeSoto, Kansas, then gave up teaching to enter the state university at Lawrence where she completed the course as offered at that time. On March 19, 1879 she was united in marriage to Andrew Jackson Parr at Lawrence, Kans., and soon after they moved to Shawnee county, and made this community their home for the past 44 years. At an early age Mrs. Parr united with the United Brethren church in Ohio, but in May 8, 1908, she united with the local Christian church, under the Ministry of J. Ira Junes and had been consistent member of this faith until her death. She leaves to mourn her decease her husband and five children, Mrs. Grace Pederson, of Topeka; Mr. G. A. Parr, of Kansas City; Mr. L.O. Parr, Silver Lake; Miss Blanche Parr and Mr. A. S. Parr of Rossville.