Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Parbst

Mrs. Parbst was born December 11, 1943 in Huntington, New York, daughter of the late Robert Howe and Phillipa Hake Howe. She was a strong Christian woman devoted to her family and her church, St. Brendan Catholic Church. She served as cantor for many services, enjoyed singing in surrounding nursing homes, and volunteered with many groups. As a founding member of the Franciscan Associates of North Carolina she lived out their mission by joyfully serving others, especially those who are poor or marginalized. Her hobbies included cooking, gardening, spending time with her grandchildren, and enjoying her animals in the warm outdoors. She also enjoyed walks on the beach. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Edwin Parbst, brothers, Richard Howe and Scott Howe.

Survivors include her children, Cathy Accurso and husband Joseph of St. Augustine, Florida, Alicia Colgan of Calabash, and Laura Russ and husband Daniel of Ocean Isle Beach; brothers, Jeffrey Howe and wife Peggy of Florida, Paul Howe and wife Susan of Florida, and Bobby Howe and wife Sharon of New York; grandchildren, Tyler Colgan, Kayleigh Colgan, Joshua Russ, Haylea Russ, and Sarah Accurso; and one great grandson Everett Garringer.

A Funeral Mass will be held Thursday, February 22, 2024 at ten o'clock in the morning at St. Brendan's Catholic Church, 5101 Ocean Highway West, Shallotte, North Carolina. The service will be on Facebook Live. Please log into Facebook, go to the page for White Funeral and Cremation Service Shallotte Chapel, like the page, and the service will begin live streaming five minutes prior to the service starting.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Allegany Franciscan Associates of North Carolina, 3662 Marsh Hen Drive SW, Shallotte, North Carolina 28470 or Brunswick County Homeless Coalition, PO Box 7411, Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina 28469 or SECU Hospice of Brunswick, 955 Mercy Lane, Bolivia, North Carolina 28422.

Online condolences may be made to www.shallottefunerals.com

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