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Obituary: Daniel J. ParryDaniel J. Parry, age 33, of 1300 N. Western Ave., Chicago, Illinois, died Sunday, December 24, 2006 following an automobile accident. He was born in Erie on April 16, 1973, a son of Edward and Sharyn K. Seib Parry of Erie. Danny graduated from McDowell High School in 1991. He installed security systems for ADT. He loved to travel overseas and help other people. He personally raised money and drove supplies to New Orleans and aided victims in the aftermath of the Katrina catastrophe. Danny was an EMT, enjoyed being a DJ and playing Celtic Soccer. He was a member of the Chicago Fire Boosters and the Electrical Union, and of the Glasgow Celtic Supporters Clubs. He was preceded in death by his grandparents Thomas and Helen Parry and Kathryn Seib. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers Michael P. Parry and his wife Elizabeth of Erie, Patrick E. Parry of Memphis, Tenn.; two sisters: Kerriann C. Weese and her husband Michael of Erie and Mary Kate Peters and her husband Jeffrey of Pittsburgh; nieces and nephews: Corey, Sean and Nicholas Weese, AJ, Matthew, and Luke Parry, Shannon Brogdon and Nolan Peters. Friends may call at the Burton West Lake Funeral Home, 3816 West Lake Road on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. followed by a service in the chapel of Gate of Heaven Cemetery at 11:30 a.m. Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross, 4961 Pittsburgh Avenue, Erie, PA 16509, or the charity of your choice.Sign the guestbook |
Arrests in double fatal hit-runBy Josh NoelTribune staff reporter Published December 27, 2006, 12:25 AM CST When Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast last year, Dan Parry rented a van in Chicago, bought gallons of water and headed to New Orleans. A trained emergency medical technician, Parry was quickly put to work with a triage team in the Superdome's chaotic makeshift shelter. He stayed a week, marveling to friends and family about the breadth of the destruction and how surreally dark the flooded town became after sunset. "He didn't stand by when things were happening. He made things happen," said his sister, Katie Peters, 35, of Pittsburgh. "The irony is that he was the safety guy—always the sober ride home, always telling you to lock your doors, always helping people." About 4 a.m. Monday in Chicago, hours before he was to unwrap presents at a friend's house on Christmas, Parry, 33, was killed while riding in the back seat of a car that was crushed by a truck in the intersection of West Augusta Boulevard and North California Avenue, near Humboldt Park. Also killed was Meaghan McMahon, 26, who rode in the back seat with Parry, and whose family could not be reached for comment. Two women sitting in the front—the woman Parry had dated for about a month and her sister—were taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. Both are expected to survive, friends said. The four people are believed to have just left the Continental, a bar two blocks south of the crash. Two men who ran from the red pickup truck that hit the car were later arrested. Jose Diaz-Perez, 21, of the 5000 block of South California Avenue, was charged late Tuesday with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence; leaving the scene of a personal-injury accident; driving under the influence; and driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol level greater than 0.08 percent, police said. He will appear in bond court Wednesday morning. No other charges were filed late Tuesday, police said. After going home to Erie, Pa., for Thanksgiving, Parry, of the 1400 block of North Western Avenue, had stayed in Chicago for Christmas, family said. His parents and four older siblings heard of his death about 12:30 p.m., in a phone call from one of Parry's closest friends. Local police arrived 10 minutes later. "You keep thinking you're going to get a phone call saying it was a mistake," Peters said. "Thank God he came home for Thanksgiving." Family members remembered Parry as a devoted soccer fan who developed a deep political and social consciousness after moving to Chicago 13 years ago. He left Chicago for San Francisco for a year but came back because he loved it here, they said. The youngest of five siblings, Parry was a vegetarian and steered clear of major label brands, like Nike and Starbucks. He spent six months in Ohio studying to be a labor leader and volunteered at New World Resource Center, a left-wing bookstore near his apartment, friends said. "Politics-wise, we might not always have agreed with him, but he believed strongly in what he believed," his sister said. Parry had worked as a hospital EMT for a year, but he found it didn't pay enough. He took a job installing home alarm systems, but he hoped to become a Chicago firefighter because he believed he could help people. "He really didn't like the way things went on in this world," said friend Erin Johnson, 30, of Evanston. "He wanted to do his part to help. He thought he could make a difference and admired people who were courageous and had made a difference." Parry collected old soul vinyl records and attended many Chicago Fire soccer games and traveled several times overseas to watch his beloved Celtic Football Club of the Scottish Premier League. On a personal Web site, he calls their home field "my church." The godfather of Johnson's 5-year-old daughter, Parry had bought the girl a Christmas present that he would not reveal before the holiday. It turned out to be a small Celtic soccer jersey. |
linksNorthern Guerrillas on MyspaceNWRC statement Independent Media Center Section 8 message board blogs: The Chicagoist Kickabout - 05 January 2007 Kickabout - 29 December 2006 Yes You Can!!! local news, 28 December: Sun-Times Chicago Tribune local news, 27 December: WBBM 780 Cook County Criminal Court Associate Judge Raymond Myles set bond at $900,000 for Jose Diaz-Perez on Wednesday, according to Cook County State’s Attorney’s office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton. Myles set a preliminary hearing for noon on Jan. 16, 2007, in Violence Court (Br. 66), she said. Diaz-Perez, of the 5000 block of South California Avenue, was charged Tuesday night with one count of aggravated DUI/no driver's license, one count of aggravated DUI/no insurance, leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury/death, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving under the influence with a blood alcohol level of 0.08, police News Affairs Officer David Banks said. Chicago Tribune NBC channel 5 news CBS channel 2 news |