Lynn Eicher was born September 15, 1947, the oldest daughter of Wayne and Genevieve Eicher of Ridgeville Township, Henry County, Ohio.
She was reared on the home farm east of Ridgeville Corners, graduated from the local high school in 1965, and attended the Bryan branch of Bowling Green State University.
On October 28, 1967, Lynn was married to Gene A. Parrish in the First Congregational Church of Ridgeville. He was born in Clanton, Alabama, July 2, 1941, to James and Dorothy Parrish of Pensacola, Florida, and has one sister, I.ois Campbell. Gene is employed by General Telephone of Ohio. The family resides in Bettsville, Ohio.
The Parrish children are Thomas, born August 5, 1969, and Tara, born September 10, 1970.
Lynn's interests are poetry, water colors, astrology, and hand crafts.
The other Wayne Eicher children are Cathie Shaffer and Lee Ann Eicher.