Raymond Dean Parker was born on September 2, 1935 in Denver, Missouri to Wray and Mabel Parker and passed away on March 29, 2024. He was the youngest of 5 children, with Joy Hood of Gower and Glenn Parker of Colorado surviving. He is preceded in death by Gene Parker of Colorado and Robert Parker of Iowa.
He married Mildred Young on June 9, 1957. They had 5 children, Dan (Belinda), Kym (Jerry), Tom (Connie), Terri (Ronnie), and Steve (Kristen). They have 21 grandchildren, including their spouses. They also have 24 great-grandchildren and a few great-greats. His beloved dog, Bambi, also survives.
Raymond was a baseball coach for his son’s baseball teams. He would do anything for his children. He made sure they had cars when they could drive to school. He also knew how to maintain the cars. Even the Pacer one of them made the poor decision to buy. He worked on all of his cars up until his 80s.
Raymond was an avid fisherman and deer hunter. Millie would accompany him on his overnight hunting trips. He liked to plan family vacations at places where everyone could fish. Raymond loved having his family around him and he really loved having Sunday family dinners.
Raymond was a Moila Shriner and he belonged to the Zeredatha Charity Lodge, which he was a secretary for some time. He and Millie liked helping with the Missouri Special Olympics.
Raymond bowled on a league for years and he bowled a 300 game at Belt Bowl.
Raymond bought a fixer-up house and remodeled it himself into a very nice house that he loved. He worked on his house well into his 80s. He fell off of a ladder working on his house in 2020 when he was 84 and it changed his life forever. He had a craniotomy and was in a coma that the doctors thought he wouldn’t recover from. He came out of the coma and returned home. Sadly, his wife had health issues and had to go to a nursing home. He missed her very much and decided to join her in the nursing home. Millie passed in December 2021 and Ray missed her very much from that point on. He is with her now and both are surely very happy at last.
Farewell Services and Public Livestream 10:00 A.M. Thursday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will gather with friends 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Wednesday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Charity Zeredatha Lodge #189. Online guest book and obituary at www.meierhoffer.com.
