John C. Parr

John C. Parr Jr. (Johnnie) of Enon, Ohio passed away unexpectedly on April 15th and

went home to be with the Lord. He was born in Springfield, Ohio on February 5th, 1948

and was the third of seven children of John and Milly Parr.

John met Peggy Zinn, the love of his life and wife of 53 years, in high school and

together they had six children: Adrienne Parr (Ryan Blumberg) of Placida, Florida, Eric

(Laura) Parr of Lomira, Wisconsin, Adam Parr, Kendra Parr of Pitsburg, Ohio, Anthony

(April) Parr of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Chelsea Parr of Florence, Kentucky; fifteen

grandchildren, London Renato, Colten Parr, Caleb Parr, Chase Parr, Casey Tanner, Elle’

Parr, Madeline Parr, Ariana Hulefeld, Elijah Parr, Brody Hulefeld, Lillian Parr, Isaac

Parr, Jasper Parr, Lucas Parr and Elliot Parr. He is also survived by two sisters, Gail

Chandler, Gloria (Bob) Zeller, and three brothers, Phil (Sharon) Parr, Matt Parr and

Brian (Betsy) Parr and numerous nieces and nephews.

John was preceded in death by his parents John and Milly Parr, his brother Vince Parr,

his son Adam Parr, and beloved granddaughter Casey Tanner.

John’s career began in 1967 when he was hired by NCR and then Telex as a computer

technician. Asked by his father to join him in the family business in 1970, he served in

numerous positions over a span of years and became the vice president of production at

Springfield Cabinet Works. He was also an entrepreneur who was regularly coming up

with ideas for starting businesses and successfully pioneered his way into several new

ventures.

In 1978 he and his family moved to Fort Walton Beach, Florida where he went to

seminary and became a pastor. This led the family back to Ohio where he served as a

pastor at the Tri-County Christian Center in Medway and Rivers Edge Church in

Springfield and then as chaplain for several years in the Tecumseh Local School District.

Family and close friends will remember John for his loyalty, caring and compassion, his

love of sports, sense of humor and "corny jokes’, and his ability to recall stories from

days gone by. With the current restrictions on social gathering, a celebration of John’s

life will be held at a later time, when all can gather together as family and friends to

smile, laugh, hug, cry and celebrate the special man we all knew and loved.