HOWARD L. PARROTT April 18, 1929 -- Nov. 21, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH FAIRFIELD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howard L. Parrott, 74, of North Fairfield, died Friday at Veterans Hospital in Wadepark. He was born April 18, 1929 in Plymouth Township, to the late Hartson F. and Charity (Crager) Parrott, and was a lifelong area resident. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Airforce, serving as a mechanic during the Korean War. He was a former state director of the Brothers of the Third Wheel and was a member of the Greater Toledo Volkswagon Club. He was a former employee of Dietrich Volkswagon in Sandusky and had also worked at Rotary Printing Company. He had been a Volkswagon mechanic for many years. He was a member of the North Fairfield Historical Society and enjoyed auto racing, model airplanes and model trains. He had attended auto body and design school in Illinois. He is survived by his wife, Wilma M. (Orphey) Parrott, whom he married April 12, 1952 in a ceremony performed by the Rev. J.P. Garcia; a son, Brian L. Parrott of Norwalk; a daughter, Linda (Parrott) Reilly of Norwalk; five grandchildren, a stepgrandson and six great-grandchildren; a brother, Henry Cole of Willard; sisters, Mildred (Cole) Wright of Plymouth, Aggie Louise (Irvin) Jamerson of Plymouth and Mary (Irvin) Wright of Shelby. He was preceded in death by a brother, James Arthur Parrott in 1996; a sister, Marjorie (Cole) Baugh in 2001; and a grandson. Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Walker Funeral Home, 98 W. Main St., Norwalk. Private graveside services will be held at the North Fairfield Cemetery. Mrs. L. Reilly Northern OH