The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-12-06
JOS. PARKER, CIVIL
WAR VETERAN, DEAD
MRS. HARIETT THOMSON ALSO
ANSWERS CALL-BOTH WERE
SAUK CENTRE PIONEERS
G. A. R. FUNERAL TODAY

MRS. LEMP PASSED AWAY AT
DAUGHTERS HOME-ARLINE
PARKER AT WADENA
Joseph Parker, veteran Of the Civil
War, charter member and past Com
mnader of b. R. Palmer Post, of
the G.. A. r., Sank Centre, will be
laid to rest at 900 P. M. this
Thursday afternoon. Dec. 6, 1928.
Joseph Parker was born on a
f.rm in New York state Sept 4,
tis47. When he was still boy his
parents emmigrated to Wisconsin
and later moved to Rochester, MINI.
It was from Rochester that Mr.. Park
ar enlisted in the army at the time
OF the Civil War, entering in Febru-
AIRY 1864 as member of ga" Com
pany, 9th MINI. Infantry and serv-
ing until after the close of the war,
being discharged in May 1865.
In 1866 Mr.. Parker came to Sank
Centre, taking up homestead in Ash
ly township which he occupied, and
on which the family was raised until
they moved from the farm to Sank
Centre about 20 years ago. In 1880
Joseph Parker was married to Miss
Ella Stewart at Sank Centre
Minnesota. The children are Hen
ny Parker, living south of Sank Cen
tire; Roscoe and Joseph E. Parker,
both of Minneapolis; and Bessie (Mrs.
A. w. Bierman) of Mortified,
MINI. One son, Orick who was a
member of the U. S. Navy during
the World War, was reported miss
ing and has never been heard of
since. One other child, boy, died in
infancy. Two sisters of Mr.. Parker
are still living; Mrs. Hattie Case,
who makes her home with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Thos. Sullivan of this city,
and Mrs. Henrietta Honnn, also of
Sank Centre, but who is at present
visiting with her son at CASTOR, Ore.
Joseph Parker was one of the
charter members of B. R. Palmer
Post of the G. A. r., and besides
being a past commander of the post
he had always held an office of some
kind, and had been one of the or
CARNATIONS most active members I'M
til he and his wife left Sank Centre
I'M March, 1920 to take up their resi-
dence with their son and wife, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph E. Parker, I'll End
Ave-, S. E., Minneapolis.
Mrs. Parker passed away a year
ago. The deceased had always en-
joyed good health except that he had
a very severe paralytic stroke in 1914,
this was the first stroke he had had.
Since that time Mr.. Parker had been
troubled at intervals with high blood
pressure and hardening of the arter
les, but had not had any severe i'll
ness until he suffered a paralytic
stroke Friday evening, Nov. 80. He
was taken to st. Andrews Hospital,
Minneapolis, but could not recover
from the attack and passed away at
sos o'clock Tuesday morning, Dec.
4, 1923, being 76 years, and 8 months
of age at the time of his demise.
His remains arrived on No. z.
Wednesday evening and were taken
to the Thomas Sullivan residence.
Services will be held at the Meth
odist Episcopal church at 200 o'clock
this Thursday afternoon, Dec. 6,
1923, conducted by Rev. S. S. Wyand.
Interment will be made in the G. A
r. cemetery. B. R. Palmer Post OF
the G.. A. R. will conduct services
at the grave and honorary pail bear
ers from among the posts member
ship of Joseph Parker's comrades
have been designated as follows:
Henry Garfield, las. jenkins, Hen
~ Fielding, Chas. Bryant, A. Bush,
and Byron Carr.
The active pail bearers will be;
George Rice, E. A. Richards, Geo.
Fish, R. r. Kells, Lester Brown, and
Bob Winslow. Robert James Swift
Post of the American Legion will
furnishing the firing squad to pay
honor to the departed Civil War Vet
eran; and the Legion Bugler, Be1
Allen, will sound taps.
All of the living children will be
in attendance at the funeral, and g
large number of the deceased veter
ans comrades and admirers viii also
gather to pay honor to the memory
Of the man whose life was exemplary
Of the patriotism and pioneer spirit
of true Americanism. The bereavee
family have the sincere sympathy OF
the community in their loss. Ths
ranks of B. R. Palmer Post of the
s.. A. R. are again thinned by the
passing of Joseph Parker, but his life
well spent in service is consolation
10 both the bereaved relatives ano
comrades. ,ss
MRS. HARRIET THOMSON
In the passing of Mrs. Harriet