She was born March 27, 1908, in Nephi, Utah, to Thomas Henry George and Goldie Itha Bigler Parkes. She married Alfred LeRoy Gadd Aug. 7, 1935, in the Manti LDS Temple. He passed away Feb. 25, 1993.
She attended Utah State University and received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Brigham Young University. She taught elementary school in Nephi for many years with an emphasis on reading. Active in the LDS Church she held many leadership and teaching positions. She served with her husband Fred as a worker in the Manti Temple.
She is survived by her children, Carol Kingsolver of Provo, Dr. Galen N. Gadd of Orem, Margaret J. Brady of Littleton, Colorado, James Fred Gadd of Los Angeles, California; 10 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 2 sisters, Margarett Madsen of Lake Oswego, Oregon, and Vera Deane Blackburn of St. George; a brother, George B. Parkes of Riverside, California. She was preceded in death by granddaughter; four sisters and two brothers.
Funeral services were held Sept. 9, 2002, at the Anderson Funeral Home, Nephi. Interment in Vine Bluff Cemetery, Nephi, Utah.
Obituary from the Times-News, Nephi, Utah
She was born March 27, 1908, in Nephi, Utah, to Thomas Henry George and Goldie Itha Bigler Parkes. She married Alfred LeRoy Gadd Aug. 7, 1935, in the Manti LDS Temple. He passed away Feb. 25, 1993.
She attended Utah State University and received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Brigham Young University. She taught elementary school in Nephi for many years with an emphasis on reading. Active in the LDS Church she held many leadership and teaching positions. She served with her husband Fred as a worker in the Manti Temple.
She is survived by her children, Carol Kingsolver of Provo, Dr. Galen N. Gadd of Orem, Margaret J. Brady of Littleton, Colorado, James Fred Gadd of Los Angeles, California; 10 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 2 sisters, Margarett Madsen of Lake Oswego, Oregon, and Vera Deane Blackburn of St. George; a brother, George B. Parkes of Riverside, California. She was preceded in death by granddaughter; four sisters and two brothers.
Funeral services were held Sept. 9, 2002, at the Anderson Funeral Home, Nephi. Interment in Vine Bluff Cemetery, Nephi, Utah.
Obituary from the Times-News, Nephi, Utah
Family Members
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Nelda Alice Parkes Conover
1910–1989
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Vera Deane Parkes Blackburn
1912–2005
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Margarett Parkes Madsen
1914–2003
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George Bigler Parkes
1916–2003
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Mary Ellen Parkes
1885–1899
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Sarah Ida Parkes Belliston
1887–1971
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Elizabeth Wynona Parkes
1890–1908
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Thomas Harold Parkes
1892–1898
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Martha Minerva Parkes Bond
1893–1984
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William Schofield Parkes
1895–1969
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Florence Eloise Parkes
1897–1898
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Rulon Schofield "Bish" Parkes
1900–1972
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Flora Louise Parkes
1902–1993
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