Sanilac-Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....O'Parka, Floyd January 8, 2003
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Huron Daily Tribune
Floyd O'Parka 
Floyd O'Parka, 87, of Ubly, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at Courtney 
Manor in Bad Axe after a long illness.   He was born on January 1, 1916 in 
Minden City 
to the late Stanley and Teckla "Tillie" (Ertman) O'Parka.   He married Lucy 
(Lemanski) 
Konkel on October 27, 1945 at St. Mary Catholic Church of Parisville. She 
preceded him 
in death on April 27, 1997.   Floyd attended the McMillan country school in 
Paris 
Township. He farmed most of his life and worked at the Nestle milk plant in 
Ubly for 17 
years. After his retirement, he worked as a security guard for Great lakes 
Security for a 
few years. He was a lifelong member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Parisville. 
Floyd 
enjoyed gardening, playing cards, and loved Polish music. He played the 
concertina in his 
younger days.   Floyd is survived by his daughter, Verna Booms and her husband, 
Harry, 
of Harbor Beach; one step-daughter, Evelyn Brown and her husband, Orval, of 
Kingston; 
two step-sons, Raymond Konkel and his wife, Doris, of Eastpointe, Alexander 
Konkel 
and his wife, Shirley, of Windsor, Ontario; five grandchildren; nine step-
grandchildren; 
16 step-great-grandchildren; 3 step-great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, 
Ted O'Parka 
and his wife, Theresa, of Warren and Raymond O'Parka of Bad Axe; one sister, 
Leona 
Peplinski of Parisville; two sisters-in-law, Gertrude O'Parka of Ubly and Irene 
O'Parka of 
Tyre.   Floyd was preceded in death by his wife, Lucy; two step-children, 
Angeline and 
Clarence Konkel; one step-grandson, William Konkel; one step-great-
granddaughter, 
Shelley Konkel; six brothers, Frank, Casimer "Cass", Joseph "Joe", 
Bernard "Ben", 
Isadore "Pete", and Aloise O'Parka; one sister, Angeline Osentoski.   Funeral 
mass for 
Floyd O'Parka will be 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 11, 2003, at St. Mary 
Catholic 
Church in Parisville. The Rev. T. J. Fleming, pastor of St. John Catholic 
Church of Ubly, 
will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery. There will be a parish 
vigil service at 
8 p.m. on Friday at the Zinger-Smigielski Funeral Home in Ubly.   Visitation 
will be 
from 1 to 9:30 p.m. tonight at the funeral home and from 10 to 11 a.m. on 
Saturday at the 
church. 


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