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partial obituary:
Helen I. Parker, 93, of 1174 South Washington St. died Wednesay at the Madonna Manor Nursing Home.
She was the wife of the Rev. George Parker, former pastor of the Mansfield United Methodist Church and chaplain to the Wrentham State School.
Rev. and Mrs. Parker celebrated their 68th anniversary last June.
Born in Cranston, a daughter of the late Charles F. and Ada I. (Barstow) Miller, she moved to North Attleboro in 1964. She was educated in Rhode Island schools and attended the former Bryant and Stratton School of Business, now Bryant College.
Mrs. Parker came from a musical family and played several different instruments. She began her musical life as a child playing on a water-pumped organ. She taught piano and organ for many years. She was organist at the Pawtuxet Baptist Church, Cranston, the Methodist Church of South Braintree, Mass., and, from 1965-74, the First Universalist Church of North Attleboro. She assisted her husband in organizing the choirs of the Mansfield United Methodist Church.
She played for the Philergian Bell Ringers of South Braintree, and with the Orchestra for the Shepard in Providence. She played for numerous weddings and lodges, and was accompanist for several singers.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, a daughter, a sister, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
edit providing middle name courtesy of FAG member PastFinder, # 48213645
partial obituary:
Helen I. Parker, 93, of 1174 South Washington St. died Wednesay at the Madonna Manor Nursing Home.
She was the wife of the Rev. George Parker, former pastor of the Mansfield United Methodist Church and chaplain to the Wrentham State School.
Rev. and Mrs. Parker celebrated their 68th anniversary last June.
Born in Cranston, a daughter of the late Charles F. and Ada I. (Barstow) Miller, she moved to North Attleboro in 1964. She was educated in Rhode Island schools and attended the former Bryant and Stratton School of Business, now Bryant College.
Mrs. Parker came from a musical family and played several different instruments. She began her musical life as a child playing on a water-pumped organ. She taught piano and organ for many years. She was organist at the Pawtuxet Baptist Church, Cranston, the Methodist Church of South Braintree, Mass., and, from 1965-74, the First Universalist Church of North Attleboro. She assisted her husband in organizing the choirs of the Mansfield United Methodist Church.
She played for the Philergian Bell Ringers of South Braintree, and with the Orchestra for the Shepard in Providence. She played for numerous weddings and lodges, and was accompanist for several singers.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, a daughter, a sister, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
edits courtesy of FAG member Three Cousins, # 47097614
edit providing middle name courtesy of FAG member PastFinder, # 48213645
partial obituary:
Helen I. Parker, 93, of 1174 South Washington St. died Wednesay at the Madonna Manor Nursing Home.
She was the wife of the Rev. George Parker, former pastor of the Mansfield United Methodist Church and chaplain to the Wrentham State School.
Rev. and Mrs. Parker celebrated their 68th anniversary last June.
Born in Cranston, a daughter of the late Charles F. and Ada I. (Barstow) Miller, she moved to North Attleboro in 1964. She was educated in Rhode Island schools and attended the former Bryant and Stratton School of Business, now Bryant College.
Mrs. Parker came from a musical family and played several different instruments. She began her musical life as a child playing on a water-pumped organ. She taught piano and organ for many years. She was organist at the Pawtuxet Baptist Church, Cranston, the Methodist Church of South Braintree, Mass., and, from 1965-74, the First Universalist Church of North Attleboro. She assisted her husband in organizing the choirs of the Mansfield United Methodist Church.
She played for the Philergian Bell Ringers of South Braintree, and with the Orchestra for the Shepard in Providence. She played for numerous weddings and lodges, and was accompanist for several singers.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, a daughter, a sister, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
edit providing middle name courtesy of FAG member PastFinder, # 48213645
partial obituary:
Helen I. Parker, 93, of 1174 South Washington St. died Wednesay at the Madonna Manor Nursing Home.
She was the wife of the Rev. George Parker, former pastor of the Mansfield United Methodist Church and chaplain to the Wrentham State School.
Rev. and Mrs. Parker celebrated their 68th anniversary last June.
Born in Cranston, a daughter of the late Charles F. and Ada I. (Barstow) Miller, she moved to North Attleboro in 1964. She was educated in Rhode Island schools and attended the former Bryant and Stratton School of Business, now Bryant College.
Mrs. Parker came from a musical family and played several different instruments. She began her musical life as a child playing on a water-pumped organ. She taught piano and organ for many years. She was organist at the Pawtuxet Baptist Church, Cranston, the Methodist Church of South Braintree, Mass., and, from 1965-74, the First Universalist Church of North Attleboro. She assisted her husband in organizing the choirs of the Mansfield United Methodist Church.
She played for the Philergian Bell Ringers of South Braintree, and with the Orchestra for the Shepard in Providence. She played for numerous weddings and lodges, and was accompanist for several singers.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, a daughter, a sister, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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