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CPT Gordon Wight "Satch" Parkhill Sr

29 Aug 1902 – 24 Oct 1983

Birth	29 Aug 1902
Death	24 Oct 1983
Cemetery	Fort Bliss National Cemetery El Paso , El Paso County , Texas , USA
Added by	Beverly on 11 Feb 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3326513

Bio

Gordon was a professor of Engineering at Texas Tech University when it began. He helped design the original Tech football stadium. He was a founding partner for the engineering firm, Parkhill, Smith, and Cooper in Lubbock, Texas. He predominantly designed sanitation systems. He served as an Army engineer in the Philippines during WWII. Gordon later worked in El Paso. He was married to his first wife, Miriam Moore Cooper, for thirty-four years. They raised three children, Ruth Harwood, Gordon Wight Jr., and Miriam Jean. Gordon was married three more times, first to Dorothy Thompson, then Sylvia Baker, and finally Noriko Yasue, whom he met on his world travels.

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Family

Parents

• Jesse Bearden Parkhill 1878–1953
• Anna Lee "Annie" Harwood Parkhill 1880–1956

Spouse

• Miriam Moore "Mim" Cooper Parkhill 1905–1983
• Dorothy Elaine Thompson Parkhill 1905–1980
• Noriko Yasue 1943–2005

Siblings

• Lena Lee Parkhill Young 1905–1973
• Mattie Lala Parkhill Reese 1907–1994
• Jack Bearden Parkhill 1914–1977

Children

• Ruth Harwood Parkhill Smith 1926–2007
• Miriam Jean Parkhill Waller 1929–2010

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