Tipp City Herald- Veteran

PARSONS, JOHN C. - John C. Parsons, age 81 of 115 E. Walnut Street, died at 11 p.m. on Monday evening. Mr. Parsons died at Brown Hospital in Dayton where he had been a patient for over a year. He was born in Phoneton on March 6, 1893, the son of George Truman and Matilda Belle Heffner Parsons. He was a veteran of WWI and a retired employee of Aero Products, formerly located in Vandalia. Survivors include his wife Ruth Leopard Parson; a son, John David Parsons of Springfield, brother Ray Parsons of Tipp City; sister, Mrs. J. B. (Daisy) Snell of Troy; and eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A daughter, Mrs. Maribel Stiles, one brother Guy, and a sister Harriett preceded him in death. He was a member of the IOOF and Masonic Lodges of Tipp City and the Troy American Legion Post. Services will be conducted from the Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home at 2 p.m. on Thursday with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. The Rev. E. L. Parrish will officiate. Military services will be conducted at graveside. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday.