Iroquois County IL Archives Obituaries.....Parks, James  March 30, 2006
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Gilman Star, 2006
The Gilman (Illinois) Star 		Thursday, April 6, 2006 	
	Page  3

Services Held For Former Gilman Resident, JAMES PARKS
	Graveside services,  with military honors, were held for James Parks, 
74, of Fisk, Missouri, formerly of gilman, on Monday, April 3, 2006, at 
Missouri State Veteran’s Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri.  Officiating was 
Rev. Jim Hoyt.
	Mr. Parks died on Thursday, March 30, 2006, at his residence.  He was 
born April 27, 1931 in Watseka.  He married Bety Markes.  She survives.
	Other survivors include four daughters, Ann Parks of Fisk,  Missouri, 
Sarah Freiwald of Mendora, Eve Hayes of Providence, Kentucky, and Renee Morgan 
of Onarga; one son, Dick Parks of Bureau; 21 grandchildren; and 22 great-
grandchildren.
	Preceding him in death are one son, John Parks; and one grandson, 
David Snyder.
	Mr. Parks was a member of VFW Post #3485 in Doniphan and a member of 
American Legion Post 87 in Doniphan and a member of P. B. D. A.   He served in 
the Army during the Korean War.  He was a police officer and detective for the 
Chicago Heights Police Department for 20 years.  He worked as an officer for 
Mesa Merchants Police in Arizona.  He enjoyed fishing and going to the target 
range.
	Arrangements were made by White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk, Missouri.

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