Edith Owens

Edith Sadie “Polly” Owens, age 92, of Carroll, Iowa and formerly of Endeavor, Wisconsin, passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2010 at St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at Briggsville United Methodist Church in Briggsville, Wisconsin with Rev. Barbara Bolz officiating. Visitation will be held from 9 A.M. until the time of service at the church. Interment will be in Douglas Township Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to Marion Burns at 104 Hillcrest Dr. Carroll, Iowa 51401. Aarrangements are under the direction of the Dahn & Woodhouse Funeral Home in Carroll. Born on May 28, 1918 at Endeavor, Wisconsin, she was the daughter of Alfred and Marion (Brancel) Parrott. She grew up on her family’s farm near Endeavor and graduated from Westfield High School in Westfield, Wisconsin. She then attended Madison Business College in Madison, Wisconsin. She was married to Owen D. Owens on June 21, 1939 at Douglas Presbyterian Church near Endeavor. After marriage the couple lived in Portage, Montello, Mt. Horeb, Adams Friendship, and Juneau Wisconsin; Rochester, Minnesota; Kankakee and Carey, Illinois; Dusseldorf, Germany; then Crystal Lake, Illinois; Orange City, Iowa; and Janesville, Iowa, before retiring to Endeavor, Wisconsin. She was a member of the United Methodist Church. In her spare time she enjoyed traveling to all 50 states and 6 of the 7 continents. She was a member of the Nennah Homemakers Club, the United Methodist Women, and The Order of the Eastern Star. Her life was centered around family, friends and faith to which she added her specialty food. She entered and won many cooking contests and conducted many cooking schools. She wrote a weekly recipe column titled “Polly’s Pantry” for the Portage Daily Register in Portage, Wisconsin. Surviving are three daughters: Marion Burns of Carroll, Iowa, Phyllis Cook (Bob) of Yates City, Illinois, and Marcia Parsons (Ronald) of Snohomish, Washington; six grandchildren; six great grandchildren; her adopted German daughter Rita Randle(Robert) now of Elizabeth Colorado; three brothers Edward Parrott (Pat), Eldon Parrott (Bev), and Francis Parrott (June) all of Endeavor, Wisconsin; a sister Thelma Gay of Briggsville, Wisconsin; a sister-in-law Elizabeth Griswold of Chattanooga, Tennessee; a brother-in-law Charles Owens (Dorothy) of Tucson, Arizona; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 2007, a sister Grace Schultz, a brother Jim Parrott, and a sister Dorothy in infancy.