Jo Ann M. Parrish

October 23, 1942 - November 4, 2020

Manchester – Jo Ann M. Parrish, 78, of Manchester, died Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at Oceanside Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Hampton after a period of failing health. She was born in Everett, MA October 23, 1942 a daughter of the late LeRoy H. Parrish and Margaret G. (Coupe) Parrish McMillan. Jo was raised in Saugus, MA and graduated from Saugus High School but her family and her origins were from Holiday, Missouri where she enjoyed spending time. She worked as a bookkeeper for many years and had made her home in Manchester for the past ten years coming from Virginia. She enjoyed knitting, quilting, genealogy and keeping her mind sharp with her homemade unique number puzzles. She leaves six children, Debbie Taheny of South Jordan, UT, Phillip Taheny and his wife Christina of Hanover, ME, Lisa Gonyer and her husband Rick of Newton, NH, Sheila Anderson of Raymond, Sherene Pinette of Pelham and Roy Edmonson of Manchester, 13 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. A graveside service will be held at 12 noon, Thursday, November 12, 2020 at the Walnut Cemetery, Center Street, Haverhill, MA. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. A Celebration of Life will be held immediately following at the VFW in Kingston. Assistance with the arrangements was by the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory, Hampton.