Perry Parsons' stone in Brookside Cemetery.Born: c. 1906
Died: October 13, 1978
Married: Esther E. Eberhardt
Children: Frederick J. Parsons, Paul S. Parsons
Perry Parsons, from Bloomingdale, operated the Parsons Mill with his brother and his father, Jeremiah Parsons. Later he was the foreman at Branch and Callanan.
He built a camp on Gull Point in the late 1950s when the property was being developed by Emerson D. Wertz. According to his son, Paul, the logs for camp came from property he owned in Franklin Falls, and the picture window came from Meyer's Drug Store. The barn lumber in the interior came from the John Aurthur Fletcher from the Fletcher Farm Road in Bloomingdale. The fireplace bricks may have come from the Marcy Hotel remodeling project in the 1950s.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, October 13, 1978
Perry S. Parsons
Perry S. Parsons, 72, a lifelong resident of this Village, died Friday morning at the General Hospital of Saranac Lake
The Parsons family had originally operated Parsons Mill in Bloomingdale and manufactured skis until World War II.
Mr. Parsons was employed as a foreman at Branch and Callanan.
He was born in Bloomingdale, the son of Jerry Lincoln and Belle (Gibson) Parsons.
The Parsons family history traces back to Devonshire, England. Coronet Joseph Parsons emigrated on the second ship after the Mayflower around 1650.
He is survived by his wife, the former Esther E. Eberhardt of Bloomingdale; two sons, Frederick J, of Mercer Island in Seattle, Wash, and Paul S, of Pittsford a sister, Mrs. Patricia L. Newell of Bloomingdale; seven grandchildren, Kim, Brett, Chris, Perry, David, Beth and John; and several nieces and nephews.
He will repose at the Keough and Son, Inc., Memorial Chapels from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Bloomingdale Methodist Church, with the Rev. J. Bernard Fell officiating.
Interment will be in Brookside Cemetery.
