65630_Raymond_Parker
ROCK CREEK LAKE — Raymond Parker, 87, of Rock Creek Lake, Jasper County, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Grinnell, Iowa. Burial will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery in Malcom.
Visitation will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with the family present from 2 to 5 p.m..
Memorial contributions may be directed to the Raymond Parker Memorial Fund.
Raymond is survived by two sons: Ronald (Diana) Parker of Kensett and Larry (Debra) Parker of Nevada, Iowa; five daughters: Deborah (Brad) Hecker of Ankeny, Judith (Doug) Smith of Grinnell, Joyce (Paul) Cook of Solon, Marcia (Kendall) Thompson of Decorah and Pamela (Bob) Ashing of Grinnell; two sisters: Ellen Buekema of Mitchellville and Vernadine Kaisand of Grinnell; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris, in 2004; a daughter in infancy, Linda Lou Parker in 1952; his parents; and one sister, Leota Murphy.