ELLEN HOLT PARRISH OF CAVENDISH VT PASSED AWAY SATURDAY, MAY 9 2020 AT HOME AFTER A THREE AND A HALF YEAR BATTLE WITH CANCER. THE FOLEY CANCER CENTER, RUTLAND REGINAL MEDICAL CENTER NURSES, DOCTORS AND STAFF PROVIDED SUPURB AND UPLIFTING CARE ALL DURING THIS PERIOD.

ELLEN WAS BORN IN NORFOLK VIRGINA ON JULY 17, 1940 TO SAXON HOLT AND EVELINE WILLIAMS. THE FAMILY LIVED IN WISCONSIN DURING WW II WHERE HER FATHER WAS IN CHARGE OF MARINE RECRUITMENT. LATER THEY MOVED BACK TO NEWPORT NEWS AND NORFOLK AND FINALLY RESIDED IN VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.

ELLEN ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AT ST. MARGARET'S SCHOOL IN TAPPAHANOCK, VA AND LATER ATTENDED MARY WASHINGTON AND OLD DOMINION COLLEGES ALSO IN VIRGINIA. ELLEN HAD A VERY INTERESTING WORK EXPERIENCE DURING HER LIFETIME INCLUDING WORK WITH THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN NEW YORK IN THE ENTOMOLGY DEPARTMENT WORKING FOR ONE OF THE LEADING SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD, WORKED IN SEVERAL HOSPITALS IN MEDICAL RECORDS, WAS AN INTERIOR DESIGNER, CRAFT PERSON AND RETIRED AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS AS INKEEPER WITH HER HUSBAND JIM RUNNING WHITNEY BROOK B & B. ELLEN AND JIM WERE MARRIED IN 1967 IN VIRINIA. ELLEN WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED SEEMSTRESS AND KNITTER AND WAS A PASSIONATE GARDINER KNOWLEDGEABLE IN HOSTAS AND DAY LILIES AND EJOYED PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING AND TRAVELING ESPECIALLY VISITING FRIENDS IN FRANCE. AFTER A TRIP TO THE HOLY LAND IN 2013 ELLEN BECAME INTENSELY INTERESTED IN THE SUFFERRING OF PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS AND PRAYED FOR THEM REGULARLY.

ELLEN SPENT MANY HOURS VOLUNTEERING ALL THROUGH LIFE WITH HOSPITALS, THRIFT SHOPS AND MUSEUMS IN VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND VERMONT. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF HOLY NAME OF MARY CHURCH AND ALTAR SOCIETY IN PROCTORSVILLE, LUDLOW GARDEN CLUB AND SERVED AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR BLACK RIVER ACADEMY MUSEUM AND CAVENDISH LIBRARY FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE GROUP THAT BEGAN THE READING PROGRAM TO HELP STUDENTS AT CAVENDISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ELLEN IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND JIM of CAVENDISH, HER SISTER MOLLY HOLT OF VIRGINIA BEACH, NINETEEN NEPHEWS AND NIECES AND NUMEROUS GREAT NEPHEWS AND NIECES. A PRIVATE FUNERAL AT ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH AND COMMITMENT SERVICE AT HOLY CROSS CEMETERY IN SALEM NY WERE HELD ON MAY 12, 2020. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE SCHEDULED IN THE FUTURE. DONATIONS IN LIEU OF FLOWERS CAN BE MADE TO RUTLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL (FOLEY CANCER CENTER), 160 ALLEN CENTER, RUTLAND, VT 05153 AND/OR NAZOREAN.ORG, (DEDICATED TO HELPING PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS), 112 S. MAIN ST, #181, STOWE, VT 05677.

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