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Edna
Parker, 71
Viking
- Edna Parker, 71, died Wednesday, March 21,
2001 at her home in Marsh Grove township of
Marshall county.
Funeral
services will be held at 
3:30
p.m. on Thursday, March 29, at Evangelical Free
Church in Thief River Falls with Rev. Jim Howard
and Rev. Ron Hemsworth officiating. Carolyn
Trontvet will be the organist, and the soloist will
be Kent Hudson. Rev. Paul Lobb will be the reader.
Casketbearers will be Marshall Parker, Parker
Whitcomb, Patrick Whitcomb, John Gallagher, Joshua
Gallagher and Justin Gallagher. Honorary
casketbearers will be Jordan Hanson and Jacob
Hanson. Interment will be in Viking Cemetery in
Viking township of Marshall county.
Edna
Mae Terlouw was born on January 6, 1930 in Pella,
Iowa, the daughter of Gysbert and Willepje "Winnie"
(Engbers) Terlouw. She attended Pleasant View
Country School from 1935 to 1943. She was baptized
following her marriage.
On
June 8, 1954, Edna was united in marriage to
William Parker at her birth home in Pella, Iowa.
Following their marriage, the couple lived and
ministered in Parkers Prairie, Glenwood, Ralston,
Neb., Bemidji and Sauk Centre before retiring in
1994.
Edna
worked as a registered nurse at Eitel Hospital in
Minneapolis, Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Neb.,
Bemidji Hospital in Bemidji and Melrose Hospital in
Melrose. In the spring of 2000, she and her husband
moved to their home near Viking.
She
enjoyed reading, crocheting, sewing, knitting,
cooking, baking and especially spending time with
her family.
Edna
is survived by her husband, William of Viking;
three daughters, Esther Marie (John) Gallagher of
Goodridge, Rebekah Ann (Frank) Whitcomb of Geneva
and Deborah "Debbie" Lynn (Jon) Hanson of Viking; a
daughter-in-law, Linda Parker of Sunnyvale, Calif.;
14 grandchildren; two brothers, Reuben (Carol)
Terlouw and Norman (Linda) Terlouw, both of Pella,
Iowa; a sister, Martha Rowden of Frankfurt, Ind.;
and several nieces and nephews.
She
was preceded in death by her parents and a son,
William Randall Parker on August 2,
1987.
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