Guadalupe "Lupe" Parker

Lupe was the seventh child out of ten children born to Estanislao and Catarina Vasquez on March 26, 1944 in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Lupe was raised in Wiggins, Colorado and graduated from Wiggins High School in 1965. After graduation Lupe moved to Greeley, Colorado where she was employed by Bonnell Nursing Home as a nurse's aid. From Greeley she moved to Loveland where she met her late husband, Harman "Tex" Parker. They were married on August 27, 1977. Lupe was employed at Teledyne Waterpik of Loveland/Fort Collins and worked for them for sixteen years before taking early retirement due to her health.

She loved butterflies and planting lots of flowers of every kind. She loved her furry babies, dogs and cats which were kept close to her after they passed. She had them all buried in her backyard except for Lucky who survives her today. She was very patriotic, had a passion for veterans’ causes. She was instrumental in the building of the Veteran Memorial in Loveland by laying down bricks for the foundation. She was an auxiliary Life member of the Loveland VFW Post 41.

She is survived by four sisters, Pomposa Segura, Fort Morgan, CO; Mary Jane Mendoza and Alicia Lozoya, both of Greeley; and Eloise Segura (Sabe) of Evans, CO; one brother, Juan Vasquez (Margaret), Lafayette, CO; sisters-in-law Maria Vasquez, Fort Morgan, CO and Delene Vasquez, Kearney, MO; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harman "Tex" Parker, her parents, brothers Manuel and Ruben Vasquez, and sisters, baby Juanita Vasquez and Martha Villa.

Per Guadalupe’s request there will be no formal service. A Visitation and Remembrance Service will be held in her honor on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 11:30 AM at Resthaven Funeral Home in Fort Collins. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens. Please join her family for a reception after her burial.