Ruth Gripka

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    Carthage Press Obituaries
    
    August 10, 2004
    
    Ruth Gripka Parker
    
    Ruth Gripka Parker 90, Carthage, MO passed away Monday August 9, 2004 at 2:45 a.m. at Joplin Health and Rehab Center, Joplin, MO.
    
    Ruth was born July 9, 1914 in Pierce City, MO, to August Gripka and Martha Bruenn Gripka.
    
    She was a graduate of Pierce City High School moving to Carthage in 1933.
    
    She married Lemoyne P. Parker on August 31, 1935 in Lamar, MO; he preceded her in death on March 21, 1972.
    
    She was a life-long member of St. Ann's Catholic Church, Carthage where she served on the Ladies' Altar Society. During her lifetime she was a wife, mother of nine children, cook for St. Ann's Grade School, a factory worker, photo shop developer, McDonald's employee and bowled for many years on the Carthage & Joplin Bowling Leagues.
    
    Mrs. Parker is survived by six sons and their spouses, Father Carroll Parker OMI, Copenhagen, Denmark; Gale A. Parker and wife, Loraine, Dallas, TX; James L. Parker and wife, Judy, Springfield, MO; Philip L. Parker, Carthage, MO; Stephen G. Parker and wife, Eva,Carthage, MO and Lloyd F. Parker and wife, Janie,Joplin, MO. Two daughters and their spouses, Brenda P. Stevenson and husband, Hal, Missouri City, TX and Joyce P. Redgrave and husband, Tim, Paris, France; twenty-five grandchildren and twenty-five great grandchildren. One sister, Dorothy Miller, age 95, Aurora, MO and one brother, Lawrence Gripka, age 87, Wentworth, MO. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Lemoyne Parker, one son Don Parker and five sisters and four brothers.
    
    A wake service and a rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. Thursday August 12th at St. Ann's Catholic Church followed by a visitation. Funeral mass will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday August 13th in St. Ann's Catholic Church, Carthage, MO. Father Carroll Parker and Father Bill Hodgson will officiate.
    
    Burial will be in Park Cemetery, Carthage, MO. Arrangements are under the direction of Knell Mortuary, Carthage, MO.
    

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