Mrs. Edna Berg Parks, 60, died at her home at 1706 Takewell at 11:40 p.m. Saturday, following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Parks had been a resident of Borger for 36 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Edna owned and operated the A & W Drive-in and the Cafeteria at Cedar Lanes. She also helped her husband with their plumbing business. Her husband and brother, Phillip Berg operated Borger Plumbing & Heating. Edna enjoyed fixing up homes and encouraged her children to help in the construction repairs, such as tiling, painting, etc. She was an excellent seamstress, loving to surprise her children with new clothes she had made for them. She made her daughter's wedding dresses.
She is survived by her husband, Gordon Isaac Parks; two sons, G_____ Parks of P_____ and S_____ Parks of _____, two daughters, Mrs. Kitty Sue Parks Gaiser of San Antonio and Mrs. Dolores Parks Dorsett of Denver, Colorado, a brother, Phillip Edward Berg of Fallbrook, California, and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church, with the Dr. Charles Thrasher, pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.
Memorials may be made to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society (ALS), 15300 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, Calif., 91403.
(Published in Borger News Herald, December 18, 1978)
Name: Edna Marie Berg
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1918
Birth Place: Casper, Wyoming
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: Gordon I Parks
Father: Eddie Berg
Mother: Maria Anna Dotson
Age at Death: 60
Death Date: 16 Dec 1978
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Edna Marie Berg, daughter of Eddie Berg and Anna Marie Dotson, on Jun 11, 1936, in Texas. Gordon Isaac Parks lived in the Hutchinson and Moore Counties in Texas, from 1920- 1962. They owned and operated plumbing companies between 1948-1962, in Dumas and Borger, Hutchinson, Texas.
Gordon and Edna were hard-working and very active people. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church.. Edna operated and owned the A&W Drive Inn and Borger Lanes, a favorite bowling alley with a cafeteria. She also kept the accounting books, payroll, taxes, etc. for all three businesses, including Borger Plbg & Heating, co-owned with Edna's brother. Gordon and Edna fixed-up or built homes; they moved at least ten times between 1950-1962. In later years they enjoyed life, spending time with their daughter in Samata, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia.
Mrs. Parks had been a resident of Borger for 36 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Edna owned and operated the A & W Drive-in and the Cafeteria at Cedar Lanes. She also helped her husband with their plumbing business. Her husband and brother, Phillip Berg operated Borger Plumbing & Heating. Edna enjoyed fixing up homes and encouraged her children to help in the construction repairs, such as tiling, painting, etc. She was an excellent seamstress, loving to surprise her children with new clothes she had made for them. She made her daughter's wedding dresses.
She is survived by her husband, Gordon Isaac Parks; two sons, G_____ Parks of P_____ and S_____ Parks of _____, two daughters, Mrs. Kitty Sue Parks Gaiser of San Antonio and Mrs. Dolores Parks Dorsett of Denver, Colorado, a brother, Phillip Edward Berg of Fallbrook, California, and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church, with the Dr. Charles Thrasher, pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.
Memorials may be made to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society (ALS), 15300 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, Calif., 91403.
(Published in Borger News Herald, December 18, 1978)
Name: Edna Marie Berg
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1918
Birth Place: Casper, Wyoming
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: Gordon I Parks
Father: Eddie Berg
Mother: Maria Anna Dotson
Age at Death: 60
Death Date: 16 Dec 1978
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Edna Marie Berg, daughter of Eddie Berg and Anna Marie Dotson, on Jun 11, 1936, in Texas. Gordon Isaac Parks lived in the Hutchinson and Moore Counties in Texas, from 1920- 1962. They owned and operated plumbing companies between 1948-1962, in Dumas and Borger, Hutchinson, Texas.
Gordon and Edna were hard-working and very active people. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church.. Edna operated and owned the A&W Drive Inn and Borger Lanes, a favorite bowling alley with a cafeteria. She also kept the accounting books, payroll, taxes, etc. for all three businesses, including Borger Plbg & Heating, co-owned with Edna's brother. Gordon and Edna fixed-up or built homes; they moved at least ten times between 1950-1962. In later years they enjoyed life, spending time with their daughter in Samata, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia.
Mrs. Edna Berg Parks, 60, died at her home at 1706 Takewell at 11:40 p.m. Saturday, following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Parks had been a resident of Borger for 36 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Edna owned and operated the A & W Drive-in and the Cafeteria at Cedar Lanes. She also helped her husband with their plumbing business. Her husband and brother, Phillip Berg operated Borger Plumbing & Heating. Edna enjoyed fixing up homes and encouraged her children to help in the construction repairs, such as tiling, painting, etc. She was an excellent seamstress, loving to surprise her children with new clothes she had made for them. She made her daughter's wedding dresses.
She is survived by her husband, Gordon Isaac Parks; two sons, G_____ Parks of P_____ and S_____ Parks of _____, two daughters, Mrs. Kitty Sue Parks Gaiser of San Antonio and Mrs. Dolores Parks Dorsett of Denver, Colorado, a brother, Phillip Edward Berg of Fallbrook, California, and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church, with the Dr. Charles Thrasher, pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.
Memorials may be made to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society (ALS), 15300 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, Calif., 91403.
(Published in Borger News Herald, December 18, 1978)
Name: Edna Marie Berg
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1918
Birth Place: Casper, Wyoming
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: Gordon I Parks
Father: Eddie Berg
Mother: Maria Anna Dotson
Age at Death: 60
Death Date: 16 Dec 1978
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Edna Marie Berg, daughter of Eddie Berg and Anna Marie Dotson, on Jun 11, 1936, in Texas. Gordon Isaac Parks lived in the Hutchinson and Moore Counties in Texas, from 1920- 1962. They owned and operated plumbing companies between 1948-1962, in Dumas and Borger, Hutchinson, Texas.
Gordon and Edna were hard-working and very active people. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church.. Edna operated and owned the A&W Drive Inn and Borger Lanes, a favorite bowling alley with a cafeteria. She also kept the accounting books, payroll, taxes, etc. for all three businesses, including Borger Plbg & Heating, co-owned with Edna's brother. Gordon and Edna fixed-up or built homes; they moved at least ten times between 1950-1962. In later years they enjoyed life, spending time with their daughter in Samata, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia.
Mrs. Parks had been a resident of Borger for 36 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. Edna owned and operated the A & W Drive-in and the Cafeteria at Cedar Lanes. She also helped her husband with their plumbing business. Her husband and brother, Phillip Berg operated Borger Plumbing & Heating. Edna enjoyed fixing up homes and encouraged her children to help in the construction repairs, such as tiling, painting, etc. She was an excellent seamstress, loving to surprise her children with new clothes she had made for them. She made her daughter's wedding dresses.
She is survived by her husband, Gordon Isaac Parks; two sons, G_____ Parks of P_____ and S_____ Parks of _____, two daughters, Mrs. Kitty Sue Parks Gaiser of San Antonio and Mrs. Dolores Parks Dorsett of Denver, Colorado, a brother, Phillip Edward Berg of Fallbrook, California, and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the First Baptist Church, with the Dr. Charles Thrasher, pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in Westlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.
Memorials may be made to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society (ALS), 15300 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, Calif., 91403.
(Published in Borger News Herald, December 18, 1978)
Name: Edna Marie Berg
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1918
Birth Place: Casper, Wyoming
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: Gordon I Parks
Father: Eddie Berg
Mother: Maria Anna Dotson
Age at Death: 60
Death Date: 16 Dec 1978
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Edna Marie Berg, daughter of Eddie Berg and Anna Marie Dotson, on Jun 11, 1936, in Texas. Gordon Isaac Parks lived in the Hutchinson and Moore Counties in Texas, from 1920- 1962. They owned and operated plumbing companies between 1948-1962, in Dumas and Borger, Hutchinson, Texas.
Gordon and Edna were hard-working and very active people. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church.. Edna operated and owned the A&W Drive Inn and Borger Lanes, a favorite bowling alley with a cafeteria. She also kept the accounting books, payroll, taxes, etc. for all three businesses, including Borger Plbg & Heating, co-owned with Edna's brother. Gordon and Edna fixed-up or built homes; they moved at least ten times between 1950-1962. In later years they enjoyed life, spending time with their daughter in Samata, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia.
