OBIT: Edna V. (MAHLIG) PARKS, 1977, Pinecroft, Blair County, PA

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EDNA V. PARKS

Of Pinecroft, Box 771, Altoona RD 3, died at 6 a.m. today, April 14,
1977, at Altoona Hospital of an apparent heart attack.  She was born
Dec. 13, 1913, in Cleveland, Ohio, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mahlig, and married William W. Parks in November 1941 in Cleveland.
Surviving are her husband; a son, Glenn Bowman of Columbia, Md.; six
stepdaughters, Mrs. Naomi Filer of Altoona, Mrs. Alma Lauver, Mrs.
Edna Decker and Mrs. Madaline Harpster of Pinecroft and Mrs. Betty
McCaully and Mrs. Verna Hornberger of Blairsville; 21 grandchildren;
63 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson and a brother, Carl of
Cleveland. Mrs. Parks was a member of Salem Lutheran Church,
Pinecroft, where she served as superintendent and teacher of the
Sunday School.  She also served as organist and choir director.  She
was a member of the Auxiliary of the Pinecroft Volunteer Fire Company.
Friends will be received in the Mauk & Yates Funeral Home, Juniata,
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and in the church from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Saturday.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., April 14, 1977