Stella Lee Parks

Stella was born in Atoka, Oklahoma to Alta Bailey and John Baxter and attended the local schools.

She graduated from Tushka High School in 1943. The family moved from Oklahoma to California later that year.

She met and married the love of her life, Jack Parks. They were married for 41 years before his passing in 1988. They owned and operated a flooring and drapery store in San Bernardino.

They moved to the Cherry Valley and Beaumont area in 1973. They joined the Grange and began their volunteer work.

Stella was grateful for the opportunities she was afforded to be a member of various organizations, which allowed her to serve the community in which she lived.

Those who preceded her in death were her parents, John and Alta Baxter; her husband, Jack Parks; her sisters, Lucille Stover, Ruth Boose and Jewell Van Duren; and her brothers, Emmett Baxter and Billie Baxter.

Survivors include her brother, Hobart Baxter; her nieces, Paula Backus, Judy Hulse and Denise Oyler; her nephews, John Boose, Hank Schwenckert and Douglas Parks; and many great and great-great nieces and nephews and her special friends, Sharon and Lennie.

Graveside services will be Monday, August 19, at 2pm in Montecito Memorial Park in Colton, California. Arrangements will be by Weaver Mortuary in Beaumont.