Age: 76
Residence: Waco, Texas
Place of Death: Waco, Texas
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday, June 28, 2015
Location: OakCrest Funeral Home
Service: 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 29, 2015
Location: Columbus Avenue Baptist Church, Waco
Officiant(s): Pastor Ken James
Burial: Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, Irving, Texas
Where born: Amarillo, Texas
Parents: the late Carl Edwin and Leila Mae (Killgore) Wharton
Education: graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School; attended San Antonio College; 1961 graduate of North Texas State University with a Bachelors in Music and Music Education; became certified to teach elementary education; earned the certification to teach children with reading disabilities
Married: Donald Curtis Parks
Date Married: August 19, 1961
Employed: the last 18 years with the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, teaching at the Holy Family of Nazareth Parish School in Irving; received the distinguished award of the Dallas Diocese Teacher of the Year
Occupation: music educator for over 40 years
Other Interests: involved with genealogy; made stained glass items for family and friends; upholster furniture; refurbish antique furniture
Additional Information: August 2002, recipient of a donated kidney; she taught adults and children voice, organ, piano, and how to play woodwind instruments
Preceded in death by: infant son, Donald Carl Parks
Survived by: her husband of almost 54 years, Donald Curtis Parks; two daughters; a granddaughter; three grandsons; a brother and his wife, of Pflugerville; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and cherished extended and adopted family and friends
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Residence: Waco, Texas
Place of Death: Waco, Texas
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday, June 28, 2015
Location: OakCrest Funeral Home
Service: 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 29, 2015
Location: Columbus Avenue Baptist Church, Waco
Officiant(s): Pastor Ken James
Burial: Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, Irving, Texas
Where born: Amarillo, Texas
Parents: the late Carl Edwin and Leila Mae (Killgore) Wharton
Education: graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School; attended San Antonio College; 1961 graduate of North Texas State University with a Bachelors in Music and Music Education; became certified to teach elementary education; earned the certification to teach children with reading disabilities
Married: Donald Curtis Parks
Date Married: August 19, 1961
Employed: the last 18 years with the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, teaching at the Holy Family of Nazareth Parish School in Irving; received the distinguished award of the Dallas Diocese Teacher of the Year
Occupation: music educator for over 40 years
Other Interests: involved with genealogy; made stained glass items for family and friends; upholster furniture; refurbish antique furniture
Additional Information: August 2002, recipient of a donated kidney; she taught adults and children voice, organ, piano, and how to play woodwind instruments
Preceded in death by: infant son, Donald Carl Parks
Survived by: her husband of almost 54 years, Donald Curtis Parks; two daughters; a granddaughter; three grandsons; a brother and his wife, of Pflugerville; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and cherished extended and adopted family and friends
Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/27/2015...G19
Age: 76
Residence: Waco, Texas
Place of Death: Waco, Texas
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday, June 28, 2015
Location: OakCrest Funeral Home
Service: 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 29, 2015
Location: Columbus Avenue Baptist Church, Waco
Officiant(s): Pastor Ken James
Burial: Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, Irving, Texas
Where born: Amarillo, Texas
Parents: the late Carl Edwin and Leila Mae (Killgore) Wharton
Education: graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School; attended San Antonio College; 1961 graduate of North Texas State University with a Bachelors in Music and Music Education; became certified to teach elementary education; earned the certification to teach children with reading disabilities
Married: Donald Curtis Parks
Date Married: August 19, 1961
Employed: the last 18 years with the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, teaching at the Holy Family of Nazareth Parish School in Irving; received the distinguished award of the Dallas Diocese Teacher of the Year
Occupation: music educator for over 40 years
Other Interests: involved with genealogy; made stained glass items for family and friends; upholster furniture; refurbish antique furniture
Additional Information: August 2002, recipient of a donated kidney; she taught adults and children voice, organ, piano, and how to play woodwind instruments
Preceded in death by: infant son, Donald Carl Parks
Survived by: her husband of almost 54 years, Donald Curtis Parks; two daughters; a granddaughter; three grandsons; a brother and his wife, of Pflugerville; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and cherished extended and adopted family and friends
Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/27/2015...G19
Residence: Waco, Texas
Place of Death: Waco, Texas
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday, June 28, 2015
Location: OakCrest Funeral Home
Service: 10:00 a.m., Monday, June 29, 2015
Location: Columbus Avenue Baptist Church, Waco
Officiant(s): Pastor Ken James
Burial: Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, Irving, Texas
Where born: Amarillo, Texas
Parents: the late Carl Edwin and Leila Mae (Killgore) Wharton
Education: graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School; attended San Antonio College; 1961 graduate of North Texas State University with a Bachelors in Music and Music Education; became certified to teach elementary education; earned the certification to teach children with reading disabilities
Married: Donald Curtis Parks
Date Married: August 19, 1961
Employed: the last 18 years with the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, teaching at the Holy Family of Nazareth Parish School in Irving; received the distinguished award of the Dallas Diocese Teacher of the Year
Occupation: music educator for over 40 years
Other Interests: involved with genealogy; made stained glass items for family and friends; upholster furniture; refurbish antique furniture
Additional Information: August 2002, recipient of a donated kidney; she taught adults and children voice, organ, piano, and how to play woodwind instruments
Preceded in death by: infant son, Donald Carl Parks
Survived by: her husband of almost 54 years, Donald Curtis Parks; two daughters; a granddaughter; three grandsons; a brother and his wife, of Pflugerville; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and cherished extended and adopted family and friends
Waco Tribune-Herald: 6/27/2015...G19
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