Catherine A. Parker
LOGAN – Catherine A. Parker, age 78, died of causes related to age on July 31, 2008 at Logan Regional Hospital.
Catherine was born April 27, 1930 in San Francisco, California, daughter of James and Dollie (Dodge) Bowman. She married Robert Parker in 1960 in Sunnyvale, California. Robert died in Orofino, Idaho in September, 1997. She and Robert raised five children together: daughters Diana, Gayle, & Susan; son Rick, and granddaughter Kanani.
Catherine graduated from Palo Alto High School and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from San Jose State University. The majority of her career as an elementary school teacher was spent in Alpine County, California and she taught several years in Camptonville, CA as well. She retired in Alpine County, after 27 years as a public school teacher, in 1987. She and Robert moved to Idaho in 1996 to be near their son and his family. After Robert’s death, she remained in Orofino and resided at Brookside Landing for several years. She moved with her son and his family to Logan, Utah in February, 2008.
She is survived by her son Rick (Jennefer) Parker and three grandchildren in Logan; granddaughter Kanani (Lane) Moskoff of Pennsylvania, grandson Jeremy (Tammy) Parker of Louisiana, grandson Jeff (Ines) Parker of Taiwan, granddaughter Jessica Parker of Hanford, California, and seven beloved great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert, sister Patricia, and daughters Diana, Gayle, and Susan.
A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 11, 2008 in Fredricksburg Cemetery in Alpine County, California. Services are under the direction of Walton’s Chapel of the Valley, Carson City, Nevada. Condolences may be sent to the family at
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