Obituary of Thomas L PARKER, Crawford County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jim Admire This obituary was copied from the collection located at the Robinson Public Library. The obituaries themselves are usually not dated. Whoever made the collection has written down the dates by hand. The source of the obituary (i.e. which newspaper) is also not included. Transcribed by Dan Weger.
Services Held Sunday for Thomas L. Parker, Retired Mail Carrier (Robinson Argus 8/11/1960)
Thomas Lester Parker, 71, of Flat Rock, died at 9:30 o'clock Thursday night at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes after having apparently suffered a heart attack and falling early that morning at his home.
Mr. Parker had been a rural mail carrier out of Flat Rock for 37 years and retired in 1957.
He is survived by his wife, Edith; one daughter, Mrs. Mildred Love of Flat Rock, and three sons, Joseph of Evansville, Ind., Robert E., Palatine, and Paul, of Tinley; twelve grandchildren; four brothers, Samuel Parker, San Diego, Calif., Lloyd, Genoa, James, Hammond, Ind., and Roscoe, Flat Rock; three sisters, Mrs. Alta McCarter, Lawrenceville, Mrs. Anna Snider, and Mrs. Maud Snider, both of Flat Rock.
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday at the Methodist Church in Flat Rock with the Rev. Clyde Todd and Rev. Harry Dobbs officiating. Burial was in the Jones Cemetery. ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproducd in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ***************************************************************** Contributed by: Jim Admire