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Helen Frances Ashley Parks

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Birth	:	15 Jan 1914 Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	20 Aug 2003 Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.1077118, -95.7482910
Description	:	Helen F. Parks, 89, Topeka, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2003, at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. She was born Jan. 15, 1914, in Topeka, the daughter of Moorman and Myrtle Orrick Ashley. She married Kermit C. "Bub" Parks on May 15, 1945, in Holton. Mrs. Parks was a homemaker. Surviving are four daughters, Joan Prchal, Topeka, Orrick Ashley, Tulsa, Okla., Francie D. Hatch, Costa Mesa, Calif., and Margaret Jane Ruckman, Topeka; two sons, Gerald K. Parks, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Richard L. Parks, Topeka; a sister, Norma Jane Wilson, San Jose, Calif.; a brother, Sam Ashley, Denison; 14 grandchildren; 24 great-... Read More	Helen F. Parks, 89, Topeka, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2003, at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. She was born Jan. 15, 1914, in Topeka, the daughter of Moorman and Myrtle Orrick Ashley. She married Kermit C. "Bub" Parks on May 15, 1945, in Holton. Mrs. Parks was a homemaker. Surviving are four daughters, Joan Prchal, Topeka, Orrick Ashley, Tulsa, Okla., Francie D. Hatch, Costa Mesa, Calif., and Margaret Jane Ruckman, Topeka; two sons, Gerald K. Parks, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Richard L. Parks, Topeka; a sister, Norma Jane Wilson, San Jose, Calif.; a brother, Sam Ashley, Denison; 14 grandchildren; 24 great- grandchildren; and several great-great grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 25, at Parker Price Chapel. Burial will be in Prairie Home Cemetery. Helen Parks will lie in state after 1 p.m. Sunday at Parker-Price Mortuary, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Memorial contributions may be made to Helen Parks Memorial Fund, in care of Commerce Bank & Trust, P.O. Box 5049, Topeka, 66605, or any Commerce Bank location. Topeka Capital-Journal, The, Aug 23, 2003

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Helen Frances Ashley Parks's memorial is located at: Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, USA.
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Helen Frances Ashley Parks death on 20 Aug 2003 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 39.1077118
Longitude: -95.7482910

Family Members:

Parent

Moorman B. “Bud” Ashley

(1886 - 1980)

Myrtle N. Orrick Ashley

(1891 - 1985)

Spouse

Sgt Kermit Cedric “Bub” Parks

(1909 - 1994)

Siblings

L. D. Ashley

(1919 - 1921)

Sammy L. Ashley

(1926 - 2015)

Children

Donald R. Duffield

(1936 - 1937)

Margaret Jane “Jamie” Ruckman

(1948 - 2009)

Joan L. Parks Prchal

(1954 - 2020)

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