Hazel A. Parkinson

Mrs. Hazel A. (Graham) Parkinson of Webster, formerly of Waltham, died Saturday November 13, 2004 in Webster Manor Nursing Home, Webster. She was 93. Born in Nova Scotia, Canada, a daughter of the late Ira and Eleanor (Graham) Graham, she was a homemaker. She was a volunteer for many years at the Walter E. Fernald School in Waltham and she was also a foster parent. She was the wife of the late Charles E. Parkinson and mother of the late Evelyn H. McDonald. She is survived by her son, Charles E. Parkinson, Jr. of West Bloomfield, MI; six grandchildren, Mary Jane LeBlanc of CT, Elaine Fitzgerald of Cranston, RI, Karen Hoffer of Manassas, VA, Gail McDonald-Jordan of Waltham, Jeremy Parkinson of Redford, MI, Charles K. Parkinson of Brunswick ME; three sisters, Edna Titus of Hopkinton, Floretta Graham and Alva Graham, both of Nova Scotia, nine great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte.20), Waltham. Burial will be in Gethsemane Cemetery, West Roxbury. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m. Donations in Mrs. Parkinson’s memory to the Greater Waltham Association for Retarded Citizens, 56 Chestnut St. Waltham, MA 02354-4033 would be appreciated.