Margaret M. Parsons' Obituary
Margaret M. Parsons (known as Margie by her friends)Born August 31, 1935 in San Diego, CaliforniaRaised in a Navy family, lived in many states during her childhood (including Hawaii during the bombing of Pearl Harbor).Settled here in San Diego, married Virgil Parsons and had three children.She is survived by her three children: Christina Parsons, Harold Parsons and Cathleen Green; grandchildren: Jacob Parsons, Cassandra Parsons Harris, Glen Green Jr., Sabrina Green and Sarah Comiskey Parsons; great-grandchildren: Violette Green, Vincent Green, Katerina Green, Gage Harris and Mea Harris.Widowed in 1969, she went back to school, earned her high school diploma and worked to raise three children as a single parent. She worked in the Accounting dept of San Diego Trust & Savings Bank, worked there for 26 years, earning the title of Accounting Officer. She was forced into early retirement when the bank was sold.For three decades after she helped to take care of her aging parents until they passed away, helped to raise her grandchildren and great grandchildren until 2011 when she herself became ill with brain cancer. For most of her life she was a mother, Grandmother and great-grandmother, and did anything she could to provide for us and make us happy. At the age of 50, when her three children were on their own, she decided that she was going to do something that she didn’t dare do while she was responsible for her three young children. She told me that she always wanted to parachute out of an airplane. She took classes and made a solo jump. She said it was so quiet, peaceful and there was nothing like it in the world, but it was too short. She loved it, but didn’t need to do it again.Since then we tried to make her birthdays (every 3-5 years) special:Hot Air balloon rideBelmont roller coaster ride (a fond childhood memory)Helicopter ride around San DiegoRide on a Fire engine from our old neighborhood (she has a thing for fire engines)Ride on a bi-plane (Snoopy Fighter)Dinner at a Mystery Dinner Theater—were she was the murder suspect.A day at the beach with the familyOnce she was diagnosed with Brain cancer, her goal was to live longer to see her great grandchildren grow up. To accomplish this, she agreed to have two surgeries within 5 months to remove a cancerous tumor from her brain. This did give her almost an extra year to see her babies grow. Her smiles showed us that she made the right decisions.Personally she loved the ocean and her interests were sewing, plants and reading good murder mysteries. She loved music and at times was known for breaking into song from a key word in any conversation. She will be remembered for her undying love and devotion to her family and friends. She was the pillar of strength for all of us, always coming to our rescue. She taught us a great deal and we now have this wealth of knowledge to tap into for the rest of our lives. She was very funny, had a great sense of humor which helped her survive some of the very tough parts of her life. She always took care of us, we wanted to try to do the same for her when she needed us. Life won’t be the same without her.
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