Prominent Franklin County Farmer Died In California
Jay Robert Parker, prominent farmer who had lived at his present home, a farm nine miles northwest of Ottawa for 42 years, died in Monrovia, Cal. He went there about Christmas to visit his daughter, Miss Angie Parker. Mr. Parker had been ill six months, death resulting from cancer.
The deceased was nearly 82 years old. Mr. Parker was born February 17, 1853 in Dartford, now Green Lake, Wisconsin, the son of E. A. and Sarah (McGlashan) Parker. He was married at Darthford February 10, 1884 to Roccina Brooks, and her death occured February 18, 1913. The Parker family came here from Nebraska in 1893.
Three daughters, Miss Parker, Mrs. C. E. Hoffman amd Mrs. Anna E. Bunyan of Route 4, Ottawa; two sons J. Hale Parker, Route 4 and Dr. Ernest R. Parker, Kansas City, Kas, three grandchildren and two brothers and three sisters all of whom live in Wisconsin, survive.
Mr. Parker was a member of the Oakland M. E. Church. The remains will be brought home and internment will be in Baxter cemetery, northwest of Ottawa. The body is to arrive Wednesday night on the Santa Fe at 6:58 p.m. and will be taken to Lamb Funeral Home. Funeral arrangments have not been completed.
Prominent Franklin County Farmer Died In California
Jay Robert Parker, prominent farmer who had lived at his present home, a farm nine miles northwest of Ottawa for 42 years, died in Monrovia, Cal. He went there about Christmas to visit his daughter, Miss Angie Parker. Mr. Parker had been ill six months, death resulting from cancer.
The deceased was nearly 82 years old. Mr. Parker was born February 17, 1853 in Dartford, now Green Lake, Wisconsin, the son of E. A. and Sarah (McGlashan) Parker. He was married at Darthford February 10, 1884 to Roccina Brooks, and her death occured February 18, 1913. The Parker family came here from Nebraska in 1893.
Three daughters, Miss Parker, Mrs. C. E. Hoffman amd Mrs. Anna E. Bunyan of Route 4, Ottawa; two sons J. Hale Parker, Route 4 and Dr. Ernest R. Parker, Kansas City, Kas, three grandchildren and two brothers and three sisters all of whom live in Wisconsin, survive.
Mr. Parker was a member of the Oakland M. E. Church. The remains will be brought home and internment will be in Baxter cemetery, northwest of Ottawa. The body is to arrive Wednesday night on the Santa Fe at 6:58 p.m. and will be taken to Lamb Funeral Home. Funeral arrangments have not been completed.
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