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Lewis H. Parker Jr.

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Lewis H. Parker Jr.

Birth
Lemington, Essex County, Vermont, USA
Death
29 Aug 2019 (aged 93)
Farmington, Franklin County, Maine, USA
Burial
Cremated Add to Map
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World War II veteran, Lewis H. Parker, 93, of Fayette passed away Thursday August 29, 2019 at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington. He was born March 23, 1926 in Lemington Vermont the son of Lewis and Etta (Lawton) Parker Sr. He attended school in Lemington graduating valedictorian of his class in 1944. He immediately went into the Army Air Force and served his country as an aerial gunner on a B-29 Bomber during World War II. Upon returning to civilian life in 1946 he went to work as a contractor and had a long career in this trade until his retirement in the early 1990’s. In his retirement he pursued his lifelong interest in antiques. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed hunting.

He is survived by his daughter Linda Starbird and her husband Robert of Rockland. Grandchildren; Melissa Starbird of Warren, Todd Starbird of Spruce Head and Stephen Starbird of Rockport. Great-grandchildren; Kaitlyn and Michael Harvill, Julian and Amelia Starbird and Parker. A sister- in law Eva Parker, the family of Minola Bubier and several nieces, nephews and cousins. He is predeceased by his best friend and partner Minola Bubier, two brothers, Thomas and Stanley Parker and a sister Esther Clapp
World War II veteran, Lewis H. Parker, 93, of Fayette passed away Thursday August 29, 2019 at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington. He was born March 23, 1926 in Lemington Vermont the son of Lewis and Etta (Lawton) Parker Sr. He attended school in Lemington graduating valedictorian of his class in 1944. He immediately went into the Army Air Force and served his country as an aerial gunner on a B-29 Bomber during World War II. Upon returning to civilian life in 1946 he went to work as a contractor and had a long career in this trade until his retirement in the early 1990’s. In his retirement he pursued his lifelong interest in antiques. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed hunting.

He is survived by his daughter Linda Starbird and her husband Robert of Rockland. Grandchildren; Melissa Starbird of Warren, Todd Starbird of Spruce Head and Stephen Starbird of Rockport. Great-grandchildren; Kaitlyn and Michael Harvill, Julian and Amelia Starbird and Parker. A sister- in law Eva Parker, the family of Minola Bubier and several nieces, nephews and cousins. He is predeceased by his best friend and partner Minola Bubier, two brothers, Thomas and Stanley Parker and a sister Esther Clapp

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