WILLIAM PARNELL, Obituary

HARLEM William V. "Bill" Parnell, 77, died Friday, March 15, 2002, at a Fort Belknap hospital due to heart- and cancer-related illnesses.

Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Presbyterian Church with burial following at the Harlem Cemetery with military honors by the Harlem V.F.W. Post.

Bill was born in Harlem to Roy and Emma (Bent) Parnell on Sept. 16, 1924. He was raised in the Harlem area and graduated from Harlem High School in 1942. In 1944 he joined the U.S. Navy and served in World War II. He was honorably discharged and returned to the family farm and ranch.

Bill married...