Wyvonne Dolores Schrank Kohler was 45 and working as an executive secretary at Western Transfer Company in Grand Prairie, Texas, when she was killed on August 9, 1982. The slayings were part of a 25-minute rampage carried out by 46-year-old truck driver John Parish, who had gone to the Western Transfer building about 8:00 a.m. to discuss a pay dispute with his supervisor, Eddie Ulrich. After that encounter turned violent, Parish opened fire and killed several people at multiple locations.

Parish killed Wyvonne Kohler at the office of GM International Inc., where two other employees, Ruth James and Burnett Hart, were wounded. Earlier he had killed Eddie Ulrich, Martin Moran and Moody Smith at Western Transfer; later he killed Dave Bahl and Rick Svoboda at the Jewel T warehouse and wounded Robert Sarabia. Parish was armed with three guns, led police on a high-speed chase, crashed into a building and was shot and killed by police.

Kohler’s death was one of six homicides in that spree. Does anyone have memories of Kohler, her work at GM International, or the events that morning that might add detail to the record?