Parker, Lone L. 1904 - 1973

PARKER, MILLER

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/21/2011 at 16:05:58

Lone L. Parker, 68, Akron, died Tuesday, October 30,1373 of an apparent heart attack suffered while he was picking corn on his farm.

The funeral was 2 p.m. Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Akron. Rev. David Roy officiated and burial was in the Riverside Cemetery at Akron under the direction of the Schroeder Funeral Home. Casket bearers were Edward Sand, Raymond Wennblom, Melvin Hansen, Floyd Miller, Alfred Kjose and Wesley Heeren.

Lone Louis Parker was born at Akron, Iowa, December 30, 1904. His parents were Pete and Minnie Parker. During his childhood and youth he lived on the farm with his parents. At a wedding service in the Methodist Church in Le Mars, Iowa on June 30, 1930, he was united in marriage to Miss Irene Miller. They began farming on a place in the Alcester community, then lived on a farm near Richland. They had lived in the present farm home west of Akron in South Dakota for 30 years. In January, 1947, he became a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church through baptism and confirmation, and has continued as a member here ever since. He was for a number of years a member of the Pleasant Ridge School Board. In various ways he showed his love for his family as well as his interest and support of his community and all that is part of that community. He was a likeable and friendly person who in his own way drew to himself a wide circle of neighbors and friends. He was a member of the Pleasant Ridge school board for several years.

Survivors are his wife; two sons, Gordon of Alcester, S.D., and Gary of Akron; two daughters, Mrs. Dennis Kjose of Alcester and Mrs. Norma Verdoorn of Denver, Colo.; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. George Anderson of Kingsley and Mrs. Pearl Asbury of Glendale, Calif., and a brother, Lester of Sioux City.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, November 8, 1973
Akron, Iowa