Lois A. Kipsey Parker

(Courier News)

LOIS A. KIPSEY
PARKER
AGE: 80
NORTH PLAINFIELD
Lois A. Kipsey Parker passed away in Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, Maryland on Tuesday August 3, 2010 after a long illness. She had just recently celebrated her 80th birthday. Mrs. Parker had been a resident of Citizens Care and Rehabilitation Center in Havre de Grace, Maryland since June of 2009. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, she was a graduate of North Plainfield High School, Class of '48. She earned her teaching degree from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania in 1952 and taught English and History in Manasquan, South Bound Brook and Wayne, New Jersey school systems. In 1955 she married James E. Parker, and left teaching to focus on raising a family. When her children were old enough, she returned to the classroom in both the Plainfield and North Plainfield school systems as a bedside tutor and a substitute teacher.
She is survived by her husband of 55 years, James E. Parker; her children, LCDR(R) Andrew A. Parker of Pebble Beach, California, Ellen P. Herrmann of Knoxville, Tennessee, Daniel P. Parker of Fairfax, Virginia, and LTC(R) Amy J. Parker of Havre de Grace, Maryland; her grandchildren, Erik W. Herrmann of New Haven, Connecticut, Karl E. Herrmann of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Noel A. Herrmann of New Orleans, Louisiana; and her sister, Jane K. Doyle of Chatham, New Jersey. Mrs. Parker was predeceased by her parents, Grover F. Kipsey, and Elsie Kuebler Kipsey; and also one son, Edward K. Parker.
Family and friends will honor Lois' life at Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church in Warren, New Jersey on Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 12 o'clock. Internment will immediately follow the service in the Mt. Horeb Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, family requests that donations be made to either the Arthritis Foundation (www.arthritis.org) or the Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church.