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Birth:          11 Jul 1920 Amoy, Kuliang Province, China
Death:          13 Apr 1974 Rochester, Minn.
Burial:         donated body to science

Notes
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1930 in Hartford, Conn.
father's passport application
findagrave:
Helen was born in China,the daughter of a Methodist missionary. She started studying 
to be a doctor at the University of Michigan, getting a B.S. degree and completing one 
year of medical school before marrying Jack Bronk Batchelor. During WWII, until Jack 
returned from his tour of duty, she worked for a time as a medical lab technician. 
Helen was an accomplished musician playing the violin, cello and organ for her 
father's services in the Methodist Church in Iron Falls, Michigan. She loved living a 
private life in the country with her children and animals. She was an intellectually 
brilliant woman in an age when such women were rarely appreciated. She was humble 
and talented at making people in her life feel at home with her. Helen had 6 children, 
5 grandchildren and, at this writing, 4 great grandchildren. She gave her body to 
science on her death. 
email from Barb at "thezabes" via Keith Mole via ancestry:
Besides being a housekeeper and mother, Helen was a laboratory technician and later 
an account. 

Parents
PARLIN Elwyn Clark (27 Oct 1888 - 26 Mar 1978)
SLEE Luceille Madeleine (Madeleine) (19 Jun 1894 - 12 Feb 1993)

Siblings
PARLIN Raymond Elwyn (17 Jun 1918 - 27 Sep 1950)
PARLIN Helen Joyce (11 Jul 1920 - 13 Apr 1974)
PARLIN Ransom Bashford (2 Feb 1922 - 29 Nov 1974)
PARLIN Robert Willis ("Bill") (15 Jan 1927 - 25 Aug 1995)

Marriage To BATCHELOR Jack Bronk (17 Apr 1921 - 9 Feb 1995)
    m. 11 Sep 1943 Crystal Falls, Mich.

Notes

Parents
BATCHELOR Charles Bronk ()
PAGENHART Elsie Nellie ()

Children by BATCHELOR Jack Bronk 17 Apr 1921 - 9 Feb 1995
BATCHELOR ----- ()
BATCHELOR ----- ()
BATCHELOR ----- ()
BATCHELOR ----- ()
BATCHELOR Willis ()
BATCHELOR Mary ()

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