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April 4, 1987 page 4 Column 2

Otto C. Parkhurst

Cambrige City--- Otto C. Parkhurst, 81, formerly of R.R. 1 died Thursday afternoon at Oak Ridge Convalescent Center, Richmond, where he had lived for three years.

He was born in Fowlerton, and had lived in Lewisville and Cambridge City areas all his life. He retired in 1967 from Merchandise Equipment Group where he was a night watchman.

He was the widower of Sarah Parkhurst, who died in 1945. He is survived by six sons, Clifford of Hagerstown, George of Brownsville, Texas, Robert, of Sherman, Texas, Rex, of Hollywood, Calif. David of Richmond, and Douglas of Mount Sterling, KY, one daughter, Coralyn Tollett, Cambridge City, one sister Helen O'Neal, Abilene, Texas; 33 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death two sons, Clarence and Ted, two daughters, Juanita Clark and Carolyn Weilenman, two sisters Mabel Carson and Cleo Durham.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, April 6, at Marshall Funeral Home in Dublin, with Rev. David Wolfe officiating. Burial will be in Lewisville Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday April 5, and before services on Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to Wayne County Heart Association.


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