Elizabeth May "Betty" (Parrish) Brazee

Friday, September 30, 2016

Elizabeth May "Betty" (Parrish) Brazee of Overland Park, Kan., passed away Monday, Sept. 26, 2016 at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park at the age of 100. Betty was born on Feb. 4, 1916 in Fort Scott, Kan., to Harry Ellsworth and America Jane "Meckie" (Baker) Parrish. She studied piano as a child and was an accomplished pianist, as well as a string bassist in high school. Betty graduated from Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Community College. She received a bachelor's degree in home economics and education from Kansas State University, completed a post-graduate Smith-Hughes Fellowship. She was a Life Loyal member of Tri Delta Sorority. She then taught home economics in Deerfield, Kan., and Miltonvale, Kan.

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