Parvaneh Nahid Edraki

Parvaneh Nahid Edraki was born on April 27, 1938 to a Baha'i family in Mashad, Iran. She was the 4th of 6 siblings. After graduating High School, she attended Nursing school in the city of Abadan and later Moved to Tehran to work as a Nurse at Leila Pahlavi Hospital. During that time, she was married, gave birth to her son, Maziar, and divorced a few years later. She then moved to the city of Shahi, to work in the same hospital as her sisters Pari and Homa, at Valiahd Hospital, where she became the Head Nurse and also instructed the hospital's nursing program. In 1976, she immigrated to the United States, first residing in Elk Grove, California. In 1980, she moved to Bellingham, Washington, where she worked as a nurse at Saint Joseph's Hospital until 1988, when she moved to Seattle, Washington to work at the University of Washington Hospital until her retirement in 2006. She moved to Visalia California in 2008, where she remained among her family until her untimely passing on June 12th, 2018. Nahid was very active in the Baha'i Faith. She had regular Firesides at her house in Bellingham and Seattle. In 1989, 1990 & 1991 she went on travel teaching to Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. Her life was dedicated to her faith and family. She left this life with no regrets and with eagerness to join her parents, sister, brother and her Lord. Omy God! O my God! Verily, thy servant, humble before the majesty of Thy divine supremacy, lowly at the door of Thy oneness, hath believed in Thee and in Thy verses, hath testified to Thy word, hath been enkindled with the fire of Thy love, hath been immersed in the depths of the ocean of Thy knowledge, hath been attracted by Thy breezes, hath relied upon Thee, hath turned her face to Thee, hath offered her supplications to Thee, and hath been assured of Thy pardon and forgiveness. She hath abandoned this mortal life and hath flown to the kingdom of immortality, yearning for the favor of meeting Thee. O Lord, glorify her station, shelter her under the pavilion of Thy supreme mercy, cause her to enter Thy glorious paradise, and perpetuate her existence in Thine exalted rose garden, that she may plunge into the sea of light in the world of mysteries. Verily, Thou art the Generous, the Powerful, the Forgiver and the Bestower. �Abdu'l-Bah�

Parvaneh Nahid Edraki

April 27, 1938 - June 12, 2018