Obituaries

Mrs. Parcells, who was born in Chicago, went by her middle name. She was an accomplished pianist and violist and toured the country with a women's orchestra during World War II.

She and her husband, Robert Parcells, a fellow musician who was a member of the Air Force Strolling Strings, settled in the Washington area in the 1940s. Mrs. Parcells was a freelance classical violist and pianist and participated in programs of the Friday Morning Music Club and other organizations. She also had many piano students.

In 1963, she and her husband moved to Atlanta, where they both played viola with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. Parcells also played piano for the orchestra and studied at Georgia State University.

Her husband, to whom she had been married for 42 years, died in 1985. Mrs. Parcells then moved to Beltsville and resumed her career as a freelance violist, pianist and piano teacher and performed with church groups and orchestras. She had lived in Columbia for the past six years.

Survivors include four children, Ramon Parcells of Detroit, Anita Thomas of Santa Cruz, Calif., Natalie Willett of Atlanta and Julie Parcells of Ellicott City; and three grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel