Icil Anne Parks

CENTERVILLE:  Icil Anne Parks, 98, of Centerville, Iowa and former resident of Bloomfield, Iowa died April 22, 2008 at the Centerville Nursing and Rehab Center in Centerville.  She was born January 21, 1910 in Hedrick, Iowa to James William and Artie Arzella Dawson Jones.  She married Harvey F. Parks April 5, 1942 in Kirksville, Missouri.  He preceded her in death November 8, 2000.  A lifetime resident of Iowa, she graduated in 1928 from Ottumwa High School and in 1962 from Northeast Missouri Teacher College with honors.  She was a dedicated teacher spending more than 30 years teaching in rural schools and later teaching junior high english for Davis County Community Schools, retiring in 1976.  She was a member of the Bloomfield Christian Church and a fifty-year-member of Rebekah Lodge #1 in Bloomfield.

She is survived by a son, Dr. M.G. (Rita) Parks of Unionville, Missouri; 2 daughters, Elaine (Don) Faas of Ames, Iowa, Nancy (Dennis) Proctor of Swisher, Iowa; 15 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and 6 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; a son, Ryan H. Parks; 4 brothers, Arlo, Otto, George and Wilbur Jones; and 2 sisters, Faerie Jones and Nancy Bissell.