Eldora "Toots" (Mahan) Parker (2006)

ALLEN, CONROY, FLESHER, HILDEBRAND, JAMES, JONES, LEHMAN, MAHAN, OLSEN, ORR, PALMER, PARKER

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 6/26/2006 at 21:37:13

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, March 29, 2006

ELDORA "TOOTS' PARKER, Winterset

Eldora “Toots” Parker, 89, of Winterset passed away Thursday, March 23, 2006, at the Regency Care Center in Norwalk where she had been a resident since August of 2004.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 28, at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. Burial was at Winterset Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Madison County Meal Site for a “pie day,” North McDonald Cemetery, Iowa Hospice of Johnston, or Regency Care Center for activities.

Eldora Mahan was born April 15, 1916, in Winterset to Earl and Anna (Hildebrand) Mahan. After her father’s death at a young age, she was raised by Anna and Charlie Allen. Eldora was united in marriage to William “Bill” Parker on Jan. 20, 1934.

Eldora was a homemaker and worked several years at North Care Center in Winterset. She enjoyed her family, cooking, making quilts, square dancing and activities at the nursing home.

She is survived by her daughters, Sherry (Gailen) Palmer of Des Moines and Linda Jones of Tacoma, Wash.; four grandchildren, David (Theresa) Palmer of Pleasant Hill, Steve Palmer of Des Moines, and Shannon Jones and Robyn (Dan) Conroy, all of Tacoma, Wash.; four great-grandchildren, Chantel Palmer of West Des Moines, David James of Pleasant Hill, Christina Palmer of Pleasant Hill, and William Conroy of Tacoma, Wash.; two sisters, Vivian Orr and Jean Lehman, both of Winterset; two brothers, Wayne (JoAnn) Allen of Winterset and Bob Allen and friend Glennore Parker of Macksburg; and many nieces and nephews.

Eldora was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bill; an infant daughter, Delores Irene; and two sisters, Margaret Flesher and Doris Olsen.

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