HOOPER- Funeral services for Edwin Parker, 92, pioneer of Hooper and one of the oldest men in Weber County, who died Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James R. Beus, of Hooper will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Hooper chapel with Bishop John D Hooper in charge. Interment will be made in the Hooper Cemetery.
Mr. Parker was born May, 1843 in Preston, England, son of William and Maria Blake Parker. He joined the Church in 1854, and came to America in 1861. He earned his way across the plains by digging post holes for the first telegraph line from Fort Bridger, Wyoming to Salt Lake City.
In 1867, Mr. Parker married Eliza Burningham and after her death in 1868, moved to Hooper. In 1870 he married Catherine Cox in Salt Lake City. She died in Hooper in 1933.
He was a member of the Hooper band for many years and was an active Church member. He was at one time presiding elder over a district including West Point, Syracuse and Clinton.
Surviving are ten children; Mrs. John Russell and Levi C Parker, of Roy; Mrs. Francis A. Child, Ogden; Will C. Parker, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Herman Green, Kanesville; Mrs. James R. Beus, Mrs. W. O. Belnap, R. Parel, Leet, and Vern C. Parker, all of Hooper; 44 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
HOOPER- Funeral services for Edwin Parker, 92, pioneer of Hooper and one of the oldest men in Weber County, who died Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James R. Beus, of Hooper will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Hooper chapel with Bishop John D Hooper in charge. Interment will be made in the Hooper Cemetery.
Mr. Parker was born May, 1843 in Preston, England, son of William and Maria Blake Parker. He joined the Church in 1854, and came to America in 1861. He earned his way across the plains by digging post holes for the first telegraph line from Fort Bridger, Wyoming to Salt Lake City.
In 1867, Mr. Parker married Eliza Burningham and after her death in 1868, moved to Hooper. In 1870 he married Catherine Cox in Salt Lake City. She died in Hooper in 1933.
He was a member of the Hooper band for many years and was an active Church member. He was at one time presiding elder over a district including West Point, Syracuse and Clinton.
Surviving are ten children; Mrs. John Russell and Levi C Parker, of Roy; Mrs. Francis A. Child, Ogden; Will C. Parker, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Herman Green, Kanesville; Mrs. James R. Beus, Mrs. W. O. Belnap, R. Parel, Leet, and Vern C. Parker, all of Hooper; 44 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Family Members
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Eliza Burningham Parker Russell
1871–1952
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Edwin George Parker
1873–1928
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Susan Parker Beus
1874–1969
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Louisa May Parker Belnap
1877–1963
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William Charles Parker
1878–1951
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Mary Catherine Parker
1881–1897
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Anna Ray Parker
1883–1890
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Lula Maria "Lula" Parker Robinson Child
1885–1975
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Levi Cox Parker
1887–1967
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Minnie Irene Parker Green
1890–1964
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Robert Parel Parker
1892–1965
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Leet Grant Parker
1895–1973
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Vern Cassio Parker
1897–1990
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