Robert A. Parker
March 20, 1930-January 20, 1995
Robert A. Parker, 64, of 1139 Shady Shore Drive, Niles, died of natural causes at 1:25 a.m. Jan. 20, 1995, Friday in his home. He retired in 1994 after years as a Conrail foreman. He also was a trucker for 16 years at Kawneer Co. He was born March 20, 1930, in Niles, and was a lifelong resident. On Aug. 26, 1961, in Niles, he married Doris Swartz. She survives with a daughter, Annette Crouch of Niles; two grandsons; two sisters, Patricia Webb of Niles and Charlotte Beal of Bonnie, Ill.; and three brothers, Raymond Jr., Ralph ''Pork'' and Richard, all of Niles. He was a Marine veteran of the Korean War and a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Barron Lake Association, American Legion LaRue Messenger Post 26, Buchanan Moose Lodge, chairman of the former Kawneer Credit Union, and president of Kawneer Union Allied Industrial Workers.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Pifer-Smith Funeral Home. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery where military graveside services will be conducted by American Legion LaRue Messenger, Post 26. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Brandywine Bambino Baseball, Hospice at Home-Cass County or the church.
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