Marilyn Parletta Root, a mental health counselor specializing in the treatment of adolescents and adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, died at her home on Mercer Island, WA February 6 after a long struggle with ALS.
She was 61.
In addition to her therapeutic practices in San Francisco and Seattle, she was also a skilled photographer of people and scenes throughout the U.S. and Europe. Born in New Jersey, she married Dr. Richard K. Root in 1960. Dr. Root's training and career in academic medicine brought them to multiple cities on the East and West Coasts and foreign travel. Each experience contributed to developing her counseling and photographic skills.
She received a BA from Quinnipiac University in 1980 and a MA, MFCC from the University of San Francisco in 1987. She is survived by her husband, who is Professor and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington, her sons, Richard A. Root of Upland, CA, David L. Root of Seattle, WA and Dr. Daniel C. Root of White River Jct, VT, their wives and five grandchildren.
A paid obituary was published in The New York Times on Feb. 11, 2001
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Marilyn Parletta Root, who pioneered arts therapy for sexual-abuse survivors in Seattle, elevated counseling from a skill to an art, says a former colleague.
She used her interest in photography and painting to help others explore these forms and release repressed feelings. She also created a diploma program for people in her 21-week group sessions.
"Marilyn introduced the use (of fine arts) to help women in her group deal with issues of being a survivor of childhood sexual abuse," said Mary Bayard, a clinical supervisor at Shepherd's Counseling Services on Capitol Hill, where Mrs. Root worked for eight years. "The women could express feelings in a safe way."
Mrs. Root died Tuesday (Feb. 6) of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. She was 61.
Born in Union City, N.J., she set her course in life when she met Richard Root in high school, married him in 1960 and supported him in his medical career.
Now chief of medical services at Harborview Medical Center and vice chairman of the University of Washington's department of medicine, Root says he was drawn by her spirit and her dedication to anything she did.
"You know the Frank Sinatra song, 'I Did It My Way'? Marilyn did everything her way, and it was often a good way," he said.
Mrs. Root raised a family and earned a degree in medical technology while he was working at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, the University of California at San Francisco and the University of Washington.
She worked in medical technology to help pay for her college education. In 1980, she earned a bachelor'sdegree in sociology at the University of Quinnipiac in Connecticut. In 1987, she completed a master's degree in marriage, family and child counseling at the University of San Francisco.
After moving to the Puget Sound area, she worked as a therapist and counselor at Forest Ridge School in Bellevue and at Shepherd's Counseling Service in Seattle. She was a founding member of the Community Service League of Harborview.
She also was a fine Italian chef and a skilled photographer - the latter learned from her Italian-immigrant father. She sold photographs in several shows in Seattle and Mercer Island.
When asked what she wanted people to feel when viewing her shots of barns, doorways and ponds, she typically said, "Joy."
Mrs. Root and her husband recently celebrated the 46th anniversary of their first date. Tomorrow they would have celebrated the 46th anniversary of their first school dance, her husband said.
Also surviving are sons David of Seattle, Richard of Upland, Calif., and Daniel of White River Junction, Vt.; Mrs. Root's sister, Donna Parletta Daniello of Albuquerque; and five grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Assumption Catholic Church, 3214 N.E. 62nd St., Seattle.
Remembrances may go to the Marilyn Parletta Root Scholarship Fund at Shepherd's Counseling Service, 2601 Broadway East, Seattle, WA 98102; to Project ALS, 511 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 341, New York, NY 10011; or to Providence/Hospice of Seattle, 425 Pontius Ave. N., Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98109
Published in The Seattle Times on February 11, 2001
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Photographers Who Passed Away in 2000
Compiled by Fine Arts/Humanities Librarians
University of Arizona Library:
197. Marilyn Parletta Root, a mental health counselor, died at her home on Mercer Island, WA, February 6 after a long struggle with ALS. She was 61. In addition to her therapeutic practices in San Francisco and Seattle, she was also a skilled photographer of people and scenes throughout the U.S. and Europe.
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Mrs. Root's widower, Dr. Richard K. Root, was killed on March 19, 2006, when a crocodile pulled him into a river while he was on a guided safari tour in Botswana, in southern Africa. Dr. Root was riding in a canoe in the Tuli Nature Reserve, on the eastern border with Zimbabwe, when he was attacked. His second wife, Rita O'Boyle, was in another canoe behind and witnessed the attack.
Dr. Root was on a two-month assignment to teach and provide medical care for patients, most of them infected with HIV, at the Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. He was there at the invitation of the University of Pennsylvania and the Botswana Department of Health.
She was 61.
In addition to her therapeutic practices in San Francisco and Seattle, she was also a skilled photographer of people and scenes throughout the U.S. and Europe. Born in New Jersey, she married Dr. Richard K. Root in 1960. Dr. Root's training and career in academic medicine brought them to multiple cities on the East and West Coasts and foreign travel. Each experience contributed to developing her counseling and photographic skills.
She received a BA from Quinnipiac University in 1980 and a MA, MFCC from the University of San Francisco in 1987. She is survived by her husband, who is Professor and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington, her sons, Richard A. Root of Upland, CA, David L. Root of Seattle, WA and Dr. Daniel C. Root of White River Jct, VT, their wives and five grandchildren.
A paid obituary was published in The New York Times on Feb. 11, 2001
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
Marilyn Parletta Root, who pioneered arts therapy for sexual-abuse survivors in Seattle, elevated counseling from a skill to an art, says a former colleague.
She used her interest in photography and painting to help others explore these forms and release repressed feelings. She also created a diploma program for people in her 21-week group sessions.
"Marilyn introduced the use (of fine arts) to help women in her group deal with issues of being a survivor of childhood sexual abuse," said Mary Bayard, a clinical supervisor at Shepherd's Counseling Services on Capitol Hill, where Mrs. Root worked for eight years. "The women could express feelings in a safe way."
Mrs. Root died Tuesday (Feb. 6) of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. She was 61.
Born in Union City, N.J., she set her course in life when she met Richard Root in high school, married him in 1960 and supported him in his medical career.
Now chief of medical services at Harborview Medical Center and vice chairman of the University of Washington's department of medicine, Root says he was drawn by her spirit and her dedication to anything she did.
"You know the Frank Sinatra song, 'I Did It My Way'? Marilyn did everything her way, and it was often a good way," he said.
Mrs. Root raised a family and earned a degree in medical technology while he was working at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, the University of California at San Francisco and the University of Washington.
She worked in medical technology to help pay for her college education. In 1980, she earned a bachelor'sdegree in sociology at the University of Quinnipiac in Connecticut. In 1987, she completed a master's degree in marriage, family and child counseling at the University of San Francisco.
After moving to the Puget Sound area, she worked as a therapist and counselor at Forest Ridge School in Bellevue and at Shepherd's Counseling Service in Seattle. She was a founding member of the Community Service League of Harborview.
She also was a fine Italian chef and a skilled photographer - the latter learned from her Italian-immigrant father. She sold photographs in several shows in Seattle and Mercer Island.
When asked what she wanted people to feel when viewing her shots of barns, doorways and ponds, she typically said, "Joy."
Mrs. Root and her husband recently celebrated the 46th anniversary of their first date. Tomorrow they would have celebrated the 46th anniversary of their first school dance, her husband said.
Also surviving are sons David of Seattle, Richard of Upland, Calif., and Daniel of White River Junction, Vt.; Mrs. Root's sister, Donna Parletta Daniello of Albuquerque; and five grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Assumption Catholic Church, 3214 N.E. 62nd St., Seattle.
Remembrances may go to the Marilyn Parletta Root Scholarship Fund at Shepherd's Counseling Service, 2601 Broadway East, Seattle, WA 98102; to Project ALS, 511 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 341, New York, NY 10011; or to Providence/Hospice of Seattle, 425 Pontius Ave. N., Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98109
Published in The Seattle Times on February 11, 2001
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Photographers Who Passed Away in 2000
Compiled by Fine Arts/Humanities Librarians
University of Arizona Library:
197. Marilyn Parletta Root, a mental health counselor, died at her home on Mercer Island, WA, February 6 after a long struggle with ALS. She was 61. In addition to her therapeutic practices in San Francisco and Seattle, she was also a skilled photographer of people and scenes throughout the U.S. and Europe.
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Mrs. Root's widower, Dr. Richard K. Root, was killed on March 19, 2006, when a crocodile pulled him into a river while he was on a guided safari tour in Botswana, in southern Africa. Dr. Root was riding in a canoe in the Tuli Nature Reserve, on the eastern border with Zimbabwe, when he was attacked. His second wife, Rita O'Boyle, was in another canoe behind and witnessed the attack.
Dr. Root was on a two-month assignment to teach and provide medical care for patients, most of them infected with HIV, at the Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. He was there at the invitation of the University of Pennsylvania and the Botswana Department of Health.
Marilyn Parletta Root, a mental health counselor specializing in the treatment of adolescents and adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, died at her home on Mercer Island, WA February 6 after a long struggle with ALS.
She was 61.
In addition to her therapeutic practices in San Francisco and Seattle, she was also a skilled photographer of people and scenes throughout the U.S. and Europe. Born in New Jersey, she married Dr. Richard K. Root in 1960. Dr. Root's training and career in academic medicine brought them to multiple cities on the East and West Coasts and foreign travel. Each experience contributed to developing her counseling and photographic skills.
She received a BA from Quinnipiac University in 1980 and a MA, MFCC from the University of San Francisco in 1987. She is survived by her husband, who is Professor and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington, her sons, Richard A. Root of Upland, CA, David L. Root of Seattle, WA and Dr. Daniel C. Root of White River Jct, VT, their wives and five grandchildren.
A paid obituary was published in The New York Times on Feb. 11, 2001
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
Marilyn Parletta Root, who pioneered arts therapy for sexual-abuse survivors in Seattle, elevated counseling from a skill to an art, says a former colleague.
She used her interest in photography and painting to help others explore these forms and release repressed feelings. She also created a diploma program for people in her 21-week group sessions.
"Marilyn introduced the use (of fine arts) to help women in her group deal with issues of being a survivor of childhood sexual abuse," said Mary Bayard, a clinical supervisor at Shepherd's Counseling Services on Capitol Hill, where Mrs. Root worked for eight years. "The women could express feelings in a safe way."
Mrs. Root died Tuesday (Feb. 6) of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. She was 61.
Born in Union City, N.J., she set her course in life when she met Richard Root in high school, married him in 1960 and supported him in his medical career.
Now chief of medical services at Harborview Medical Center and vice chairman of the University of Washington's department of medicine, Root says he was drawn by her spirit and her dedication to anything she did.
"You know the Frank Sinatra song, 'I Did It My Way'? Marilyn did everything her way, and it was often a good way," he said.
Mrs. Root raised a family and earned a degree in medical technology while he was working at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, the University of California at San Francisco and the University of Washington.
She worked in medical technology to help pay for her college education. In 1980, she earned a bachelor'sdegree in sociology at the University of Quinnipiac in Connecticut. In 1987, she completed a master's degree in marriage, family and child counseling at the University of San Francisco.
After moving to the Puget Sound area, she worked as a therapist and counselor at Forest Ridge School in Bellevue and at Shepherd's Counseling Service in Seattle. She was a founding member of the Community Service League of Harborview.
She also was a fine Italian chef and a skilled photographer - the latter learned from her Italian-immigrant father. She sold photographs in several shows in Seattle and Mercer Island.
When asked what she wanted people to feel when viewing her shots of barns, doorways and ponds, she typically said, "Joy."
Mrs. Root and her husband recently celebrated the 46th anniversary of their first date. Tomorrow they would have celebrated the 46th anniversary of their first school dance, her husband said.
Also surviving are sons David of Seattle, Richard of Upland, Calif., and Daniel of White River Junction, Vt.; Mrs. Root's sister, Donna Parletta Daniello of Albuquerque; and five grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Assumption Catholic Church, 3214 N.E. 62nd St., Seattle.
Remembrances may go to the Marilyn Parletta Root Scholarship Fund at Shepherd's Counseling Service, 2601 Broadway East, Seattle, WA 98102; to Project ALS, 511 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 341, New York, NY 10011; or to Providence/Hospice of Seattle, 425 Pontius Ave. N., Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98109
Published in The Seattle Times on February 11, 2001
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Photographers Who Passed Away in 2000
Compiled by Fine Arts/Humanities Librarians
University of Arizona Library:
197. Marilyn Parletta Root, a mental health counselor, died at her home on Mercer Island, WA, February 6 after a long struggle with ALS. She was 61. In addition to her therapeutic practices in San Francisco and Seattle, she was also a skilled photographer of people and scenes throughout the U.S. and Europe.
__________________________________
Mrs. Root's widower, Dr. Richard K. Root, was killed on March 19, 2006, when a crocodile pulled him into a river while he was on a guided safari tour in Botswana, in southern Africa. Dr. Root was riding in a canoe in the Tuli Nature Reserve, on the eastern border with Zimbabwe, when he was attacked. His second wife, Rita O'Boyle, was in another canoe behind and witnessed the attack.
Dr. Root was on a two-month assignment to teach and provide medical care for patients, most of them infected with HIV, at the Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. He was there at the invitation of the University of Pennsylvania and the Botswana Department of Health.
She was 61.
In addition to her therapeutic practices in San Francisco and Seattle, she was also a skilled photographer of people and scenes throughout the U.S. and Europe. Born in New Jersey, she married Dr. Richard K. Root in 1960. Dr. Root's training and career in academic medicine brought them to multiple cities on the East and West Coasts and foreign travel. Each experience contributed to developing her counseling and photographic skills.
She received a BA from Quinnipiac University in 1980 and a MA, MFCC from the University of San Francisco in 1987. She is survived by her husband, who is Professor and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington, her sons, Richard A. Root of Upland, CA, David L. Root of Seattle, WA and Dr. Daniel C. Root of White River Jct, VT, their wives and five grandchildren.
A paid obituary was published in The New York Times on Feb. 11, 2001
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-
Marilyn Parletta Root, who pioneered arts therapy for sexual-abuse survivors in Seattle, elevated counseling from a skill to an art, says a former colleague.
She used her interest in photography and painting to help others explore these forms and release repressed feelings. She also created a diploma program for people in her 21-week group sessions.
"Marilyn introduced the use (of fine arts) to help women in her group deal with issues of being a survivor of childhood sexual abuse," said Mary Bayard, a clinical supervisor at Shepherd's Counseling Services on Capitol Hill, where Mrs. Root worked for eight years. "The women could express feelings in a safe way."
Mrs. Root died Tuesday (Feb. 6) of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. She was 61.
Born in Union City, N.J., she set her course in life when she met Richard Root in high school, married him in 1960 and supported him in his medical career.
Now chief of medical services at Harborview Medical Center and vice chairman of the University of Washington's department of medicine, Root says he was drawn by her spirit and her dedication to anything she did.
"You know the Frank Sinatra song, 'I Did It My Way'? Marilyn did everything her way, and it was often a good way," he said.
Mrs. Root raised a family and earned a degree in medical technology while he was working at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, the University of California at San Francisco and the University of Washington.
She worked in medical technology to help pay for her college education. In 1980, she earned a bachelor'sdegree in sociology at the University of Quinnipiac in Connecticut. In 1987, she completed a master's degree in marriage, family and child counseling at the University of San Francisco.
After moving to the Puget Sound area, she worked as a therapist and counselor at Forest Ridge School in Bellevue and at Shepherd's Counseling Service in Seattle. She was a founding member of the Community Service League of Harborview.
She also was a fine Italian chef and a skilled photographer - the latter learned from her Italian-immigrant father. She sold photographs in several shows in Seattle and Mercer Island.
When asked what she wanted people to feel when viewing her shots of barns, doorways and ponds, she typically said, "Joy."
Mrs. Root and her husband recently celebrated the 46th anniversary of their first date. Tomorrow they would have celebrated the 46th anniversary of their first school dance, her husband said.
Also surviving are sons David of Seattle, Richard of Upland, Calif., and Daniel of White River Junction, Vt.; Mrs. Root's sister, Donna Parletta Daniello of Albuquerque; and five grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Assumption Catholic Church, 3214 N.E. 62nd St., Seattle.
Remembrances may go to the Marilyn Parletta Root Scholarship Fund at Shepherd's Counseling Service, 2601 Broadway East, Seattle, WA 98102; to Project ALS, 511 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 341, New York, NY 10011; or to Providence/Hospice of Seattle, 425 Pontius Ave. N., Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98109
Published in The Seattle Times on February 11, 2001
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Photographers Who Passed Away in 2000
Compiled by Fine Arts/Humanities Librarians
University of Arizona Library:
197. Marilyn Parletta Root, a mental health counselor, died at her home on Mercer Island, WA, February 6 after a long struggle with ALS. She was 61. In addition to her therapeutic practices in San Francisco and Seattle, she was also a skilled photographer of people and scenes throughout the U.S. and Europe.
__________________________________
Mrs. Root's widower, Dr. Richard K. Root, was killed on March 19, 2006, when a crocodile pulled him into a river while he was on a guided safari tour in Botswana, in southern Africa. Dr. Root was riding in a canoe in the Tuli Nature Reserve, on the eastern border with Zimbabwe, when he was attacked. His second wife, Rita O'Boyle, was in another canoe behind and witnessed the attack.
Dr. Root was on a two-month assignment to teach and provide medical care for patients, most of them infected with HIV, at the Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. He was there at the invitation of the University of Pennsylvania and the Botswana Department of Health.
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