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Jerry P. Parks passed away Monday, November 26, 2018 at Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, Calif. from complications during surgery. A Memorial Service with full military honors was held December 14 at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Jacksonville, Mo.
Jerry Phillip, son of Loren F. and Lucille (Ruring) Parks, was born August 21, 1940 in Sioux City, Iowa. At the age of 17 he joined the Iowa Army National Guard and in 1968 he entered active duty, serving in Vietnam until 1972.
He retired from his military service in 1980 as Lt. Colonel. Jerry, with his family, moved to Bucklin, Mo. to continue farming, transitioning from the conventional cattle and row crop industry to raising elk for meat production and velvet antler capsules for dietary supplements.
Upon retiring from the elk business, he spent many years traveling across North America in a motor coach before making Yuma, Ariz. his winter home.
Jerry was preceded into death by his parents, Loren and Lucille Parks; one sister, Jerine Schlotman; one brother, Tom Parks; and two nephews Tony Parks and Don Knop; his father-in-law Daryl Taylor and mother-in-law Julia Taylor, two brother-in-laws, Steve Heeren and Chris Nystrup.
VIETNAM
Jerry P. Parks passed away Monday, November 26, 2018 at Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, Calif. from complications during surgery. A Memorial Service with full military honors was held December 14 at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Jacksonville, Mo.
Jerry Phillip, son of Loren F. and Lucille (Ruring) Parks, was born August 21, 1940 in Sioux City, Iowa. At the age of 17 he joined the Iowa Army National Guard and in 1968 he entered active duty, serving in Vietnam until 1972.
He retired from his military service in 1980 as Lt. Colonel. Jerry, with his family, moved to Bucklin, Mo. to continue farming, transitioning from the conventional cattle and row crop industry to raising elk for meat production and velvet antler capsules for dietary supplements.
Upon retiring from the elk business, he spent many years traveling across North America in a motor coach before making Yuma, Ariz. his winter home.
Jerry was preceded into death by his parents, Loren and Lucille Parks; one sister, Jerine Schlotman; one brother, Tom Parks; and two nephews Tony Parks and Don Knop; his father-in-law Daryl Taylor and mother-in-law Julia Taylor, two brother-in-laws, Steve Heeren and Chris Nystrup.
MAJ US ARMY
VIETNAM
Jerry P. Parks passed away Monday, November 26, 2018 at Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, Calif. from complications during surgery. A Memorial Service with full military honors was held December 14 at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Jacksonville, Mo.
Jerry Phillip, son of Loren F. and Lucille (Ruring) Parks, was born August 21, 1940 in Sioux City, Iowa. At the age of 17 he joined the Iowa Army National Guard and in 1968 he entered active duty, serving in Vietnam until 1972.
He retired from his military service in 1980 as Lt. Colonel. Jerry, with his family, moved to Bucklin, Mo. to continue farming, transitioning from the conventional cattle and row crop industry to raising elk for meat production and velvet antler capsules for dietary supplements.
Upon retiring from the elk business, he spent many years traveling across North America in a motor coach before making Yuma, Ariz. his winter home.
Jerry was preceded into death by his parents, Loren and Lucille Parks; one sister, Jerine Schlotman; one brother, Tom Parks; and two nephews Tony Parks and Don Knop; his father-in-law Daryl Taylor and mother-in-law Julia Taylor, two brother-in-laws, Steve Heeren and Chris Nystrup.
VIETNAM
Jerry P. Parks passed away Monday, November 26, 2018 at Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, Calif. from complications during surgery. A Memorial Service with full military honors was held December 14 at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Jacksonville, Mo.
Jerry Phillip, son of Loren F. and Lucille (Ruring) Parks, was born August 21, 1940 in Sioux City, Iowa. At the age of 17 he joined the Iowa Army National Guard and in 1968 he entered active duty, serving in Vietnam until 1972.
He retired from his military service in 1980 as Lt. Colonel. Jerry, with his family, moved to Bucklin, Mo. to continue farming, transitioning from the conventional cattle and row crop industry to raising elk for meat production and velvet antler capsules for dietary supplements.
Upon retiring from the elk business, he spent many years traveling across North America in a motor coach before making Yuma, Ariz. his winter home.
Jerry was preceded into death by his parents, Loren and Lucille Parks; one sister, Jerine Schlotman; one brother, Tom Parks; and two nephews Tony Parks and Don Knop; his father-in-law Daryl Taylor and mother-in-law Julia Taylor, two brother-in-laws, Steve Heeren and Chris Nystrup.
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