The funeral will be held Feb. 4 for Vera Lee Jones Parks of Portland, formerly of Eugene and Cottage Grove, who died Jan. 30 of age-related causes. She was 79.
Parks was born Nov. 21, 1926, in Wheeler, Texas. She married Charles Parks in 1944.
A high school graduate, she worked for Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co. for 30 years. She lived in Cottage Grove and Eugene for many years before moving to Portland. She enjoyed gardening, knitting, golf, cooking and music.
Parks is survived by a grandson, Rupert Edson. Her husband and a daughter, Sonia Peacock, died previously.
Saturday's service will be held at 2 p.m. at Lane Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home in Eugene.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
Register Guard Feb 3 2006
Parks was born Nov. 21, 1926, in Wheeler, Texas. She married Charles Parks in 1944.
A high school graduate, she worked for Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co. for 30 years. She lived in Cottage Grove and Eugene for many years before moving to Portland. She enjoyed gardening, knitting, golf, cooking and music.
Parks is survived by a grandson, Rupert Edson. Her husband and a daughter, Sonia Peacock, died previously.
Saturday's service will be held at 2 p.m. at Lane Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home in Eugene.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
Register Guard Feb 3 2006
The funeral will be held Feb. 4 for Vera Lee Jones Parks of Portland, formerly of Eugene and Cottage Grove, who died Jan. 30 of age-related causes. She was 79.
Parks was born Nov. 21, 1926, in Wheeler, Texas. She married Charles Parks in 1944.
A high school graduate, she worked for Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co. for 30 years. She lived in Cottage Grove and Eugene for many years before moving to Portland. She enjoyed gardening, knitting, golf, cooking and music.
Parks is survived by a grandson, Rupert Edson. Her husband and a daughter, Sonia Peacock, died previously.
Saturday's service will be held at 2 p.m. at Lane Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home in Eugene.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
Register Guard Feb 3 2006
Parks was born Nov. 21, 1926, in Wheeler, Texas. She married Charles Parks in 1944.
A high school graduate, she worked for Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co. for 30 years. She lived in Cottage Grove and Eugene for many years before moving to Portland. She enjoyed gardening, knitting, golf, cooking and music.
Parks is survived by a grandson, Rupert Edson. Her husband and a daughter, Sonia Peacock, died previously.
Saturday's service will be held at 2 p.m. at Lane Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home in Eugene.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
Register Guard Feb 3 2006
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