1968
Milton
2009
Milton "Mit" Parsons
October 15, 1968 — April 18, 2009
ESSEX / RICHFORD - Milton A. Mit Parsons, age 40, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 18, 2009 as the result of an ATV accident in Bakersfield.
Mit was born October 15, 1968 in Burlington, the son of Chester Chet & Kathleen Kate (Doane) Parsons.
Mit was a 1986 graduate of Richford High School, received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1990 and his Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1993 from the University of Vermont.
His working career started with the Polaroid Corporation in Norwood, MA and New Bedford, MA from 1993 to 1999. He was then employed by Husky Injection Molding Systems in Milton, VT from 1999 to 2006, and he worked for Wales Engineering from 2006 to 2008. Wales Engineering was owned by Mits good friend and college roommate, Tim Wales. He was currently employed as an Application Engineer at Hayward Tyler in Colchester.
Among the many things he loved to do, Mit enjoyed hiking, golfing, skiing, cooking, biking, music, playing his guitar, singing, camping, rock climbing, playing basketball, four wheeling with his friends in Bakersfield and most of all he loved to hang out with his brother and best friend, Matt.
Mits family and friends will remember him as a loving son, brother, nephew and cousin. He was one of a kind, with a great sense of humor, a sharp wit and loving heart. You really felt loved when you got one of Mits hugs. We know Mit will find the eternal happiness he deserves.
He is survived by his parents, Chet & Kate Parsons of Richford; sister, Janine Parsons and friend Jordan Ship of Milton, MA; brother, Matt Parsons and his wife Michelle of Denver, CO; paternal grandmother, Laura Stanley of Richford; aunts and uncles Sonny and Pat Doane, Susan Mazer, Loretta and Louis Lee, Norma Norris, Martha Wetherbee and fiance Allen Haggerty, Dan and Pam Parsons, Jim and Linda Doane, Nora Parsons and Tim Foley, Jeanette and Curt Willey, Wayne Doane and his fiance Maggie Searle, Marie and Obbie Huntley, uncles Bill Mazer, Bill Wetherbee, and Reed Goossen, and many cousins and friends. He was predeceased by his paternal grandfather, Milton Mit Parsons and maternal grandparents, Leon and Marion Doane.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 11:00 AM at the Richford United Methodist Church, River St., Richford with Rev. Heidi Reinker officiating. Interment will follow in the Hillside Cemetery in Richford.
Visiting hours will be held Wednesday from 2-4 & 7-9 at the Spears Funeral Home, 96 Dickinson Ave., Enosburg Falls.
For those who wish, contributions in Mits memory may be made to the Milton A. Mit Parsons Scholarship, C/O Richford High School, C/O Richford School Treasurer, P.O. Box 236, Richford, VT 05476. This scholarship will be used to assist a student entering a college engineering program.
Mit was born October 15, 1968 in Burlington, the son of Chester Chet & Kathleen Kate (Doane) Parsons.
Mit was a 1986 graduate of Richford High School, received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1990 and his Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1993 from the University of Vermont.
His working career started with the Polaroid Corporation in Norwood, MA and New Bedford, MA from 1993 to 1999. He was then employed by Husky Injection Molding Systems in Milton, VT from 1999 to 2006, and he worked for Wales Engineering from 2006 to 2008. Wales Engineering was owned by Mits good friend and college roommate, Tim Wales. He was currently employed as an Application Engineer at Hayward Tyler in Colchester.
Among the many things he loved to do, Mit enjoyed hiking, golfing, skiing, cooking, biking, music, playing his guitar, singing, camping, rock climbing, playing basketball, four wheeling with his friends in Bakersfield and most of all he loved to hang out with his brother and best friend, Matt.
Mits family and friends will remember him as a loving son, brother, nephew and cousin. He was one of a kind, with a great sense of humor, a sharp wit and loving heart. You really felt loved when you got one of Mits hugs. We know Mit will find the eternal happiness he deserves.
He is survived by his parents, Chet & Kate Parsons of Richford; sister, Janine Parsons and friend Jordan Ship of Milton, MA; brother, Matt Parsons and his wife Michelle of Denver, CO; paternal grandmother, Laura Stanley of Richford; aunts and uncles Sonny and Pat Doane, Susan Mazer, Loretta and Louis Lee, Norma Norris, Martha Wetherbee and fiance Allen Haggerty, Dan and Pam Parsons, Jim and Linda Doane, Nora Parsons and Tim Foley, Jeanette and Curt Willey, Wayne Doane and his fiance Maggie Searle, Marie and Obbie Huntley, uncles Bill Mazer, Bill Wetherbee, and Reed Goossen, and many cousins and friends. He was predeceased by his paternal grandfather, Milton Mit Parsons and maternal grandparents, Leon and Marion Doane.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 11:00 AM at the Richford United Methodist Church, River St., Richford with Rev. Heidi Reinker officiating. Interment will follow in the Hillside Cemetery in Richford.
Visiting hours will be held Wednesday from 2-4 & 7-9 at the Spears Funeral Home, 96 Dickinson Ave., Enosburg Falls.
For those who wish, contributions in Mits memory may be made to the Milton A. Mit Parsons Scholarship, C/O Richford High School, C/O Richford School Treasurer, P.O. Box 236, Richford, VT 05476. This scholarship will be used to assist a student entering a college engineering program.
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