B. Dean Parish

B. Dean Parish WAPELLO, Iowa - B. Dean Parish, 74, of Wapello, died Tuesday, September 23, 2008, at the Great River Hospice House at West Burlington. Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 27, 2008, at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home at Wapello. Rev. Scott Smith will officiate. Burial will follow the service at the Wapello Cemetery. Family and friends will gather for a lunch following the burial at the United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 26, 2008, at the funeral home, family will meet friends from 6-8 p.m. A memorial fund has been established. Mr. Parish was born January 13, 1934, the son of Lawrence E. and Margaret Louise Heins Parish. He married Gladys McElhinney on June 25, 1954, in rural Morning Sun. He graduated from Wapello High School in 1952. At the age of 14 he started working with his father at the Shell Service Station in Wapello. Through the years he worked for Shell, DX, Louisa Oil, the Co-op for Bob Pogemiller, and the Co-op for Farmers Elevator. He retired in 1999. He was a member of several car clubs including, the Southeast Iowa Antique Car Club, the 20th Cent...[more]

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Antique Car Club, and the Curve Dash Olds Antique Car Club. He enjoyed cars including his 1905 Olds, 1929 Buick, and the 1951 and 1959 Ford Convertibles. He was also a member of the United Methodist Church at Wapello. He is survived by his wife, Gladys Parish of Wapello; a son, Mike Parish of Wapello; three grandchildren, Amber and Mike Spiker, Kelly Parish and R.J. Richardson, and Aaron Parish; a great-grandson, Jesse Parish; two brothers, Jerry and Linda Parish of St. Petersburg, Florida, and Ralph and Pat Parish of West Burlington; and a sister, 'Peg' Hunt and husband, Ron, of Burlington. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Donald; and a sister, Diane McConahay.