Eva Elizabeth Parker

She was born on May 29, 1921, in Yates, Montana, to Dominik and Katherine Job. Eva was the oldest child of that union. She joined older half-brother, Frank, whose mother and brother, Peter, had died in the 1918 influenza epidemic.

Eva grew up in Wibaux, Montana. It was there that she met and later married Cyril Parker on December 28, 1943. Cyril and Eva lived on the farm south of Wibaux where Cyril’s dad had homesteaded. They raised their four children, Delaine, Ronald, Irene, and Sharon, on that farm.

In 1966, they sold their farm and moved with their three younger children to Long Beach, California, to live near Cyril’s mother. Their oldest daughter, Delaine, also lived in California after having been married. In Long Beach, they managed apartment houses. In 1978, they moved to the Santa Barbara area and continued to manage apartment houses until their retirement in 1978. They then purchased a mobile home in Santa Barbara in a retirement community.

Eva was the oldest in her family of 15 children. Eva’s siblings who preceded her in death are Frank Job (half brother), Peter Job (half brother), Leonard Job, Marie Kammerer, Rose Walsh, Caroline Schuhrke, Katherine Zinda, Louie Job, Ralph Job, Dominik Job, and 2 infant siblings who died at birth. Her siblings, Annie Pearson, Agnes Miesaloski, Tom Job, and Olivia Jimison survive her.

Eva’s husband, Cyril, passed away in 2001 at the age of 95. Eva leaves her daughter, Delaine Griffith, of Coalinga, California; son, Ronald Parker, of Norton, Ohio; daughter, Irene Lowenberg, of La Palma, California; and daughter, Sharon Parker, of Santa Barbara, California. She leaves five grandchildren, Robin Uribe, Mike Griffith, Jody Verne, Holly Van Howe, and Kerrie Kansa. She also leaves nine great grandchildren and one great, great grandson.

Vigil Service/Rosary, November 27, at 7 pm, Funeraria Del Angel, Anaheim, CA

Funeral Mass, November 28, 8:30 am, St. Irenaeus Catholic Church, Cypress, CA

Interment, Calvary Cemetery, Santa Barbara, CA

Arrangements under the direction of Funeraria del Angel Anaheim, Anaheim, CA.