Melanie Leora Parkhurst Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Melanie Leora Parkhurst of Pungoteague, Virginia, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, who passed away on April 1, 2022, at the age of 96, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her husband Edwin H. Parkhurst, Jr.; her parents, Louise Marie Bucholz Ruffins and Edwin (John); the father of her child John E. Schuck; her brothers, Richard, Stanley and Lewis Ruffins; and her half-siblings, James L. Crabb, Alvis R. Crabb, Phillis Crabb Miller and Mildred Crab Carmichael.
She is survived by: her former husband John E. Schuck; her son Jon Anthony Schuck; her stepchildren, William D. Parkhurst (Claudia) and Penelope Boehm (David); her grandchildren, Jobe T. Schuck (Minzhy Fong) and Terra L. Hunter; her stepgrandchildren, Peter Boehm, Jennifer Parkhurst and Kley Parkhurst; her great grandchildren, Isabella, Isaac Schuck, Anthony Z. Hunter and Jaidyn L. Mets; her stepgreat-grandchildren, Kleyton Landis Parkhurst, Jr., Charlotte August Parkhurst, Madeline Myer Parkhurst and Ella Goldkind; her niece Sally Conner (Roger); her great-niece Natalie Darden; her great-nephew John Logan Conner (Brandi); her niece Laurie Kimmel (Michael); her great-nephew Jon; her nephew James Ruffin (Gail); her great-nephew Rodney; and her nephews, Robert A. Ruffins and Edgar Crabb (Judy).
Contributions in her memory may be made to your choice of the countless charities she selflessly served for decades.
