PARKS, Minnie Ethel

PARKS, SISSON, BOWMAN, BRUNNER, ZEUHLKE, ORCHARD

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 12/22/2008 at 18:04:33

"The Fairfield Ledger", Saturday, August 1, 1970, Page 8, Column 1

Mrs. Minnie Ethel PARKS, 90, died Friday at Council Bluffs. Behner Funeral Home. Resident of Fairfield and Packwood communities for more than 50 years. Burial in Packwood Cemetery. Born June 15, 1880, in Keokuk County, daughter of Washington and Mary Jane SISSON BOWMAN; married Sept. 7, 1899, Samuel N. PARKS; he died Jan. 15, 1960. Member Pleasant Grove Methodist Church; survived by four children: Floyd PARKS, Maquoketa; Mrs. Isis BRUNNER and Mrs. Verda ZEUHLKE, both of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and Mrs. Edith ORCHARD, Omaha, Neb.; 8 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren. She was the last member of a family of 12 children.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.