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Russell G. Parks

Birth	:	14 Aug 1909 Effingham County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	24 Oct 2009 Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Woodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk, Huron County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.2374992, -82.5942001
Inscription	:	Married Jan 4, 1933
Description	:	CHEROKEE, Iowa -- Russell G. Parks, 100, of Cherokee, former long-time Larrabee, Iowa, resident passed away Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, at the Cherokee Villa Nursing and Rehab Center. Services were 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Judd Stover officiating. Burial was in Afton Township Cemetery, rural Cherokee. Russell was born Aug. 14, 1909, in a log house in Effington County, Ill., to Grover and Nora (Dowds) Parks. He was married to Ruth Gould on Jan. 4, 1933, in Larrabee, Iowa. He started working highway construction in 1933 for $4 a day. In 1935 he purchased his own truck and... Read More	CHEROKEE, Iowa -- Russell G. Parks, 100, of Cherokee, former long-time Larrabee, Iowa, resident passed away Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, at the Cherokee Villa Nursing and Rehab Center. Services were 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Judd Stover officiating. Burial was in Afton Township Cemetery, rural Cherokee. Russell was born Aug. 14, 1909, in a log house in Effington County, Ill., to Grover and Nora (Dowds) Parks. He was married to Ruth Gould on Jan. 4, 1933, in Larrabee, Iowa. He started working highway construction in 1933 for $4 a day. In 1935 he purchased his own truck and he and his wife operated their own trucking business for 25 years. The couple lived in Larrabee since 1933. Russell worked for the Cherokee County Maintenance Department as a maintainer driver for 20 years until he retired. He then continued to work for the county for 10 more years as a mower operator. Many people were grateful to him for pulling them out of ditches, giving them rides on the maintainer and helping people move with his truck. Russell entered the Cherokee Villa in 2002. He was a member of the Larrabee United Methodist Church. He is survived by a sister, Frances Brown of St. Louis, Mo.; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Hazel Kelly and Laurine Lundell of Cherokee, Vivian Gould of Emmetsburg, Iowa, Mary Parks of Los Angeles, Calif., and Marvin Gould and his wife, Frances of Gregory, S.D.; as well as several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Ruth on June 14, 2003; a brother, Charles Parks; a sister, Erma Vogel; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Leo Kelly, Harold and Pauline Gould, Clifford and Halcyon Gould, Galen Gould, Kenneth and Joyce Gould and Bernice Mercer.

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Russell G. Parks's memorial is located at: Woodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk, Huron County, USA.
When did Russell G. Parks death?
Russell G. Parks death on 24 Oct 2009 in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.2374992
Longitude: -82.5942001

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Ruth A Gould Parks

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Coordinate: 41.2374992, -82.5942001

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