ID: | I0002 | Sex: | M | Birth: | 27 JAN 1924 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK | | Death: | 27 MAR 1991 | Livermore, Alameda Co., CA | | Burial: | Unknown | Holy Sepulcre Cemetery, Hayward, Alameda Co., CA | | Parents: | Parkhurst, Wayne Smallwood, Bonnet, Aimee Landry |
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My father, Loren B. Parkhurst, led a full life. Born and raised in Oklahoma, Loren joined the US Navy when he was only 17 at the onset of World War II. Just after his 18th birthday, he was in the Battle of the Coral Sea where his ship, the USS Neosho, was hit by torpedoes and later scuttled.
In his 25 years with the US Navy, Loren literally saw the world. Not only did he travel all across Europe and Southeast Asia, he and his family lived in many different places in the US: Boston, Tennessee, Virginia, Oklahoma, and California, to name a few. The family settled in California in 1964, where Loren retired from the Navy in 1972 as a Boiler Technician Chief. He later worked for the State of California until his retirement in 1986. |
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ID: | F0433 | Spouse: | Bournazian, Sarah | Marriage: | 3 NOV 1947 | Yonkers, Westchester Co., NY | | Sex: | F | Birth: | 10 AUG 1925 | Boston, MA | | Death: | | | |
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1. | | F | 9 MAR 1950 | | 2. | | M | 13 MAY 1951 | | 3. | | F | 17 MAY 1954 | | 4. | | M | 5 JUN 1964 | |
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