Mary Patricia Parry

Mary "Pat" Parry, 84, of Carson, passed away, July 15, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 19, 2013 at Loess Hills Funeral and Cremation Center in Carson with Rev. Brody Tubaugh, officiating. Visitation will be held two hours prior from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

Mary Patricia Scheibeler, the elder of two daughters, born to Paul L. and Blanche ( Melton) Scheibeler, on January 30, 1929, in Red Oak, Iowa.

Pat attended school, in Red Oak, and following graduation she was employed as a telephone operator at North Western Bell for over five years. It was during this time that Lane Parry came into her life and they were married, August 26, 1950 at the First Christian Church, in Red Oak.

Pat joined the United Presbyterian Church, in Carson in 1954. Through the years she taught Sunday School and was an Elder.

Pat and Lane were blessed with two precious children, Paula Sue and Greg.
Being a "stay at home mom", she cared for and loved the many "little friends" who shared her home and time.

Important things in her life besides family were friends, dancing, all kinds of music and writing news for the Botna Valley Reporter.

Survivors include her loving husband, Lane; beloved family, Paula Sue Pilling and husband, Dennis all of Carson, IA; Greg Parry and wife, Melva of Kansas City, KS; beloved grandson, Bradley Swope of Macedonia, IA; nephew Charles Hill and wife Susie, of Studio City, CA; niece, Judith Kay Van Horn of Houston, TX; grandnieces, Haley, Shelby and Sayde Hill; five step grandchildren; twelve step great grandchildren; other relatives and a host of friends.

Pat is preceded in death by her parents, sister, Phillis Ann Scheibeler; sister-in-law, Marcell Bailey.

Memorials: Riverside Food Pantry, Dreamland Theatre, or Carson Fire & Rescue

Loess Hills Funeral Home of Carson in charge of arrangements.