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Remembering Verna Parino: November 22, 1916 – July 20, 2015

Cat & Verna (my Mom) in Rome, 2005

Verna Parino, long time Mill Valley resident, passed away peacefully in her sleep on the morning of June 20, 2015 after a long and adventurous life.

Verna Duren Swanson was born in 1916 in Minneapolis, MN to Lillian and Edward Swanson, joining her older brother Roger. She graduated from Marshall High School, (with honors) in 1935; from the University of…