Irene E. Parnell passed away September 12, 2023, due to complications brought on by an illness.
Born on St. Patrick Day, March 17th, 1930, to Austin Curry and Emma (Lamphere) Curry. She had one brother, Paul Curry, who has preceded her in death. Her father was a sheep shearer, so the fam-ily moved a lot following his work. Irene eventually came to settle in Colusa around 1957 and married husband Jack Parnell in 1961.
At age 31 she began the Yuba College LVN pro-gram and became a nurse. Later she reentered college and became a Registered Nurse (RN). She went to work at Colusa County Hospital and served there for over forty years until she retired in 2006. She is the mother of seven children, Frank English (deceased), Rance English (deceased), Rachel Mendoza of Villa Corona, Jalisco Mexico, Trudy English of Williams, Ca., Ruby Ryplewski of Brookings, Oregon, Betty Gonzales of Colusa Ca., Paul Parnell of Weaverville, Ca., and stepdaughter Delores Parnell of Missouri.
She has 13 grand-children, 36 great grandchildren, and 5 great-great grandchildren.
A viewing will be held at McNary Moore mortu-ary chapel on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at 6-8pm. Services will be Friday, September 22, 2023, at Colusa Assembly of God Church (1747 Hwy 20) at 10 am with interment following at Colusa Cemetery.