- Date Of Birth: March 24, 1927
- Date Of Death: August 25, 2015
- State: Colorado
Vernice Marline Parr was born March 24, 1927 in Denver, Colorado, but she grew up on a farm south of Bennett. She enjoyed her childhood in the loving family of Ben and Vera Ward Messerly, with three sisters; Betty Bryant, Bernice Young and Rosalyn Demoney and one brother Wayne Parr. She had to put up with a brother who loved to tease everyone. One time he shot her with a BB gun in the “backside” and he always had a turkey he would train to attack the girls. This made him laugh when they would have to run to the outside “shanty”. Everyone enjoyed the jokes growing up…maybe not the “receiver”, but the one that thought it up! It made for excitement on the farm.
Marline’s favorite job was working at Children’s hospital, as she loved kids. She was always available to baby sit her nephews.
