LeRoy Willard "Roy" Parks

1902 - 1990  (88 years)

• Name	LeRoy Willard "Roy" Parks  [1, 2, 3]
  Nickname	Roy
  Born	8 Jul 1902	Burleene Township, Todd, Minnesota, United States   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	K64H-GMT
  Family Search Link	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K64H-GMT
  Died	13 Nov 1990	Itasca Medical Center, Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota, United States   [1, 2, 3]
  Buried	17 Nov 1990	Pine Ridge Cemetery, Deer River, Itasca, Minnesota, United States   [1, 2, 3]
  		LeRoy Parks Grave Marker
  Person ID	I571	Dale's Tree
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Willard Leonard Parks,   b. 27 Mar 1874, Austin, Mower, Minn. ,   d. 3 Dec 1950  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Ruth Erickson,   b. 29 Aug 1882, Litchfield, Meeker, Minnesota ,   d. 8 Jul, , Itasca, Minnesota
  Family ID	F2467	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Evelyn Belle Benson,   b. 15 Apr 1907, Harvey, Marion, Iowa, United States ,   d. 10 Dec 1975, Itasca Memorial Hospital, Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota, United States  (Age 68 years)
  Married	29 May 1929	Deer River, Itasca, Minnesota, USA   [4]
  Children	+ 1. LeRoy Parks,   b. 2 Dec 1929,   d. 12 Dec 2013  (Age 84 years) + 2. Patricia Anne Parks + 3. James William Parks,   b. 16 Apr 1934, Otenagen Township, Itasca, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 19 Dec 2003, Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States  (Age 69 years) + 4. Jeanne Parks + 5. Mary Jo Parks,   b. 12 Sep 1936, Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 29 Apr 2017, Deer River, Itasca, Minnesota, USA  (Age 80 years) + 6. Donald Parks   7. Larry Leon Parks,   b. 11 Nov 1939, Deer River, Itasca, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 19 Jul 2009, Talmoon, Itasca, Minnesota, United States  (Age 69 years) + 8. Carol Allyn Parks,   b. 29 Dec 1941,   d. 22 Jan 2009  (Age 67 years) + 9. Laura Belle Parks
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2010
  Family ID	F196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 8 Jul 1902 - Burleene Township, Todd, Minnesota, United States Married - 29 May 1929 - Deer River, Itasca, Minnesota, USA Died - 13 Nov 1990 - Itasca Medical Center, Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota, United States Buried - 17 Nov 1990 - Pine Ridge Cemetery, Deer River, Itasca, Minnesota, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

  [S334] Cemeteries - MN, Itasca - Pine Ridge Cemetery Grave Markers, Pine Ridge Cemetery (Itasca, Minnesota), LeRoy W. Parks marker, personally read and photographed, 2009. (Reliability: 3), 8 Jul 2009. [S73] Book - BENSON - Phylis Stephen's Book, Phyllis (Benson) Stephens, (N.p.: self published, n.d.), 42. (Reliability: 2), 16 Aug 2010. [S534] Newspapers - MN, Itasca - Herald Review, Minnesota. Grand Rapids., "LeRoy "Roy" W. Parks [Obit]," 8 Nov 1990, p. 6. (Reliability: 2), 12 Dec 2013. [S73] Book - BENSON - Phylis Stephen's Book, Phyllis (Benson) Stephens, (N.p.: self published, n.d.), 42. (Reliability: 2), 13 Sep 2010.