Born on November 9, 1961 at St. John’s Hospital to Charles Parsons and Joanne Kent Parsons, Page spent her childhood in Jackson Hole, a fifth generation native, exploring the great western world with driven curiosity. Adventurous from day one, she lived out her youth rock climbing, cross country skiing, and really, all things sports. Her education began in a one-room schoolhouse in Kelly, Wyoming, later seeing victory as a key member of the state-winning Broncs girls basketball team. She graduated from Jackson Hole High School in 1980.
Page grew up surrounded by loved ones who embraced the soul of Wyoming, living right down the street from her maternal grandparents, homesteaders Donald Kent and Gladys May Kent, and watching paternal grandfather, Charlie Parsons take charge as head wrangler on the Crescent H Ranch in Wilson for over 45 years.
In the late 1980s, Page married Edward Scotti of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, moving to Victor, Montana, just south of Missoula, where Page hit the ranch life with the full force of her inherent strength. Independent and hardworking, Page bit off the majority of the ranch responsibilities while raising two daughters, Elizabeth “Liz” Roberta Scotti of Orlando, Florida, and Michele “Shelly” Christine Scotti of Missoula, Montana. She spent much of her free time riding her favorite horse, Shadow, and embodying the ideal of the picturesque wrangler of the West.
Page’s energy and strength permeated her daily life. She always worked hard, played hard, and loved hard. No matter if it was at the ranch irrigating and bucking haybales or orchestrating complex bedtime tales with her daughters, Page always put everything into anything she set her mind to. Selfless to a fault, she could see other’s pain and worked hard to ease it in any way she was able. She managed the perfect balance of a sharp tongue and a sharp wit, speaking with a clever directness that no one could help but love. She had a way of stating her mind that would make you laugh along with her; when chatty family members got too idle, she’d often shout, knee-deep in the workload, “You’re fired!”
Once her girls were raised, Page turned her eye to adventure and aiding others. She took on emergency restoration work after natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, where she met Andrea Ray of Florida, and they were together until her passing.
After a valiant fight, Page succumbed to cancer on March 11, 2022, with her daughters and family by her side.
She is preceded in death by her grandparents, Donald and Gladys Kent, Charlie Parsons, Cornelia “Susie” Criddle, and her cousin Scott Thompson.
She is survived by many of her large family’s members: her two daughters, Liz and Shelly, mother Joanne, father Charles, her stepmother Marcia Parsons, her sister Inga Parsons, niece Ara Talkov, nephew Ethan Talkov, brother-in-law Roger Talkov, her aunt Dawn Kent, her great aunt Bonnie Budge, and great uncle Roy May, Uncle Ronald J. Daveler, her first cousins Anita Knapp, Amber Bauer, Cassandra Kent, and Charley Daveler along with many other family members, including second cousins, nieces, nephews, and countless friends.
A celebration of life will be held this summer in Jackson Hole. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Page’s memory to Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Foundation, in Tampa, FL.