OBIT: George H. PARKS, 1997, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
    
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    PARKS
    
    George H. Parks, 89, of Patriot Manor, Somerset formerly of
  Rockwood, died Feb. 17, 1997, at the manor.  Born Aug. 21, 1907, in
  Rockwood, son of the late William E. Parks Sr. and Sarah "Sadie"
  (Hay) Parks.  Preceded in death by his wife, the former Florence
  Miller; brothers: Walter C., Howard E., and William E. Parks Jr.
  Survived by a son, Robert S. Miller, married to the former
  Phoebe-Jane Walck of Lehighton.  Member of Trinity Church of Christ,
  Rockwood. Fifty-year member of Somerset Lodge 358, F. & A.M.,
  Pittsburgh Consistory, and Syria Shrine Temple. Former owner-operator
  of Parks Barber Shop in Rockwood.  Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7
  to 9 p.m. (today) Wednesday at the Wilbur D. Miller Funeral Home,
  Rockwood, where funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m.
  Thursday, Rev. Richard Yates officiating.  Interment, Rockwood IOOF
  Cemetery.  Masonic funeral service at the funeral home at 7 p.m. today.
    
    Daily American, February 19, 1997
    
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