ESTHER MAE (LOWE) PARKER

ESTHER MAE PARKER, 89, OF AVON PARK, PASSED AWAY ON FEB. 24, 2021, IN AVON PARK. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND EVA LOWE. ESTHER WAS BORN ON AUG. 5, 1931 IN SPRINGFIELD, MA. 

ESTHER GRADUATED FROM COMMERCE HIGH SCHOOL IN SPRINGFIELD, MA. SHE WORKED FOR US F&G INSURANCE COMPANY AS A SWITCH BOARD OPERATOR FOR 25 YEARS.

IN 1949, SHE MARRIED JAMES PARKER, SR. THEY WERE MARRIED UNTIL HIS PASSING IN 1984. ESTHER AND HER HUSBAND HAD THREE CHILDREN: JUNE FORD, JOYCE AUCOIN AND JAMES PARKER, JR. 

ESTHER WAS A MEMBER OF BOTH THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR AND THE DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE FOR OVER 50 YEARS, SHE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF BACK TO THE WORD CHURCH IN AVON PARK. HER CHILDREN SAID THAT THEIR MOTHER ENJOYED EATING ICE CREAM AND DOUGHNUTS. SHE ALSO LOVED TO SING IN CHURCH.

ESTHER WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER HUSBAND, AND HER SISTER, EDYTHE PETSCHKE.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN, JUNE FORD, JOYCE AUCOIN AND JAMES PARKER, JR.; 4 GRANDCHILDREN, TAMMY, JENNIFER, ROBERT AND WILLIAM; 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILD.

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