Patricia Parker, 75, of Marlin, Texas, went to be with the Lord on August 22, 2016. She was born in Iowa City, Iowa, on September 20, 1940, to her parents, Fred B. Moore and Theresa Ruth (Wood) Moore. Mr. Moore was a business man and a renowned accordion player. Mrs. Moore was a housewife. Patricia was the oldest of five children. She graduated from Walker Consolidated High School and joined the work force. She worked as an insurance underwriter in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for a number of years until meeting her husband, Delton Eugene Parker, and moving to Colorado. Patricia and Delton were married in Loveland, Colorado, on November 6, 1963. They later moved back to Walker, Iowa, where they farmed and Del worked for Coop hauling LP gas, and Patricia went back to work for New Hampshire Ins. Group in Cedar Rapids. In 1982, they moved to Marlin, Texas. Patricia was gainfully employed and eventually went to work for Lucille Williams Ins. Agency where she stayed until Mrs. Williams retired and sold the business. She then went to work as a legal secretary at Anderson and Johnson and also worked for the title insurance company, Falls County Title Co., Inc. After Mr. Anderson retired, she continued to work for Steve Johnson under the new company’s name of Stephen G. Johnson, LLP.
Patricia was an extremely hard worker. Not only did she work at jobs, but she kept her house and assisted Del in his yard mowing business until her health prevented it. She is remembered as a very friendly and extremely nice person in all her work with the public. She loved her family and friends and enjoyed visiting with people she knew at the local coffee shops and at church. She was a very generous and giving person. She enjoyed doing paintings and crafts and would often honor her friends and family by giving them one after it was finished. She also loved her two house cats, Ribbon and Princess, whom she had bottle fed and raised from the age of 3 days old when their mother suddenly went missing.
She was preceded in death by her father, Fred B. Moore, Sr. of Garnavillo, Iowa; her husband, Delton Eugene Parker of Marlin, Texas; her infant son, Harry Frederick Parker of Walker, Iowa; her step-son, Leland Parker of Iowa; and her step-brother, Fred B. Moore, Jr. of Garnavillo, Iowa. She was also preceded in death by several other more distant family members.
Patricia is survived by her mother, Theresa Schmickle of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; her stepmother, Shirley Moore of Garnavillo, Iowa; her daughter, Arlene Taylor (and husband, Joe Mark) of Marlin, Texas; her step-daughters, Nancy Parker of Marlin, Texas, Marshelle (Shelle) Bell (and husband, Jimmie) of Waco, Texas; her step-son, Terry Parker of Iowa; her brothers, James Moore (and wife, Dorothy) of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, Everett Moore (and wife, Margaret) of Walker, Iowa, Leo (Butch) Schmickle of Toddville, Iowa; her sister, Lois Henry (and husband, Delwyn) of Charles City, Iowa; and her step-sister, Deanna Cornwell (and husband, Steve) of Garnavillo, Iowa. She is also survived by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and even some great-great grandchildren, aunts, uncles, cousins and so on.
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