Anna M. Parvis

January 21, 1921 - August 6, 2019

Anna M. Parvis, age 98 of Sykesville, MD, passed away Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at Homestead of Sun Valley in Sykesville. Born January 21, 1921 in Maryland, she was the daughter of the late William Armstead Smith, and the late Annie Mariah Stern Smith. She was the wife of the late Thomas E. Parvis, who died in 2013. Anna had been an administrative assistant for Acacia Life Insurance and had also been a homemaker. She had been a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Mt. Ranier, MD. Surviving are daughter Charlotte Ruth Eaton and her husband Kenneth of Sykesville, son Bernard S. Bergling and his wife Jane of Maryland, by grandchildren Debra Minnich, Gary Kenneth Eaton Jr., Karen Fraizer, Thomas Bergling, Kristie N. Bailey, and Amanda Catalfano, and by 8 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her daughter Diane Elizabeth Parvis Ralston, by her son-in-law Kenneth L. Ralston, and by her siblings Carroll Armstead Smith, William Mason Smith, Dolly Amanda Smith, Ethel Smith, Dorothy Ganoe, and Elsie Hanfman. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 from 11 am until 1 pm at Haight Funeral Home & Chapel, 6416 Sykesville Road, Sykesville where funeral services will begin at 1:00 PM immediately following the visitation. Services and interment will be held in the chapel at Butler County Memorial Park in Butler, PA on Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 11 am.