Karen Lee Parrott
November 30, 1946 –
Karen Lee Parrott of Sun City Center, Florida, passed away at her home the morning of Thursday, February 20. She was born November 30, 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland, to parents Helen Wehrheim and James Lee Hartman.
A graduate of Caesar Rodney High School in Camden-Wyoming, Delaware, in 1964, she attended the University of Georgia where she graduated with a degree in Spanish Literature in 1968. She worked as a State of Delaware Law Librarian for 20 years, retiring in 2010.
Karen’s hobbies included gardening, bird-watching, spending time in nature and travel, and she was an avid reader her entire life.
She is preceded in death by her parents and her stepdaughter Christina Parrott Burke.
Karen is survived by her devoted husband of 30 years, Ellis B. Parrott; mother-in-law, Judith J. Parrott; brother and sister-in law James L. and Miki A. Hartman; her goddaughter, Midori Hartman (Tyson); her children: Elizabeth L. Rogers (M. Loren Copsey) and Mark A. Rogers (Lauren Nelson) (from her first marriage to James F. Rogers II); stepdaughter Monica Parrott Swaney (Kane); brother-in-law, Ronald Parrott (Ariel); son-in-law, James Burke (Melanie); grandchildren: Samuel Greloch, Julia Burke, Amber Alkanowski (David), Steven Rash, Collin Rash, Ethan Rash, Andrew Swaney, Abby Swaney; and a great-granddaughter, Elodie Vigo.
She will be fondly remembered by her family and friends as a devoted Catholic, never complaining about the many physical ailments she endured the last 10 years of her life.
A private internment service will be held at Holy Cross Memorial Park in Dover, Delaware.
Donations may be made in her name to The Shriners Hospitals for Children charity.
A graduate of Caesar Rodney High School in Camden-Wyoming, Delaware, in 1964, she attended the University of Georgia where she graduated with a degree in Spanish Literature in 1968. She worked as a State of Delaware Law Librarian for 20 years, retiring in 2010.
Karen’s hobbies included gardening, bird-watching, spending time in nature and travel, and she was an avid reader her entire life.
She is preceded in death by her parents and her stepdaughter Christina Parrott Burke.
Karen is survived by her devoted husband of 30 years, Ellis B. Parrott; mother-in-law, Judith J. Parrott; brother and sister-in law James L. and Miki A. Hartman; her goddaughter, Midori Hartman (Tyson); her children: Elizabeth L. Rogers (M. Loren Copsey) and Mark A. Rogers (Lauren Nelson) (from her first marriage to James F. Rogers II); stepdaughter Monica Parrott Swaney (Kane); brother-in-law, Ronald Parrott (Ariel); son-in-law, James Burke (Melanie); grandchildren: Samuel Greloch, Julia Burke, Amber Alkanowski (David), Steven Rash, Collin Rash, Ethan Rash, Andrew Swaney, Abby Swaney; and a great-granddaughter, Elodie Vigo.
She will be fondly remembered by her family and friends as a devoted Catholic, never complaining about the many physical ailments she endured the last 10 years of her life.
A private internment service will be held at Holy Cross Memorial Park in Dover, Delaware.
Donations may be made in her name to The Shriners Hospitals for Children charity.