Lydia Parkins Rush

Lydia Parkins Rush, of Albany, Oregon, died on Jan. 21.

She was born to German/Russian immigrant parents Jacob and Elizabeth Wilhelm on Oct. 17, 1924, in Ritzville.

She is survived by husband Brandon Rush and her daughter, Claudia Markum. She also leaves behind two brothers, Robert (Eve) Wilhelm of Las Vegas, Richard (Rita) Wilhelm of Spokane, three sisters, Dena (Vince) Costello of Clovis, California, Freida (Carl) Uhrich of Eugene, Oregon, and Esther (Bob) Oestreich of Ritzville, and sister-in-law, Dorothy Wilhelm of Dayton, Nevada.

She was predeceased by her first husband Gale Parkins, son...