The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-28
Well-KnOwn
Businessman
Passed Away
C. E. Parkinson, Aged
60, Buried In Green
wood Monday
BORN NEAR FAIRY LAKE
Served AS Member
Of Council During
Years Of 1915-16-17

G. e. Parkinson, born in the Fairy
Lake community in 1870, passed
away at his home in Hoboken Fri
day night at Has o'clock. He had
been i'll for a year, but had been
confined to his bed for just three
weeks prior to death. His illness
and death are attributed to can
cerous growth on his lungs, thought
to have been caused from dust in
hailed during his many years of
work in the milling business.
Mr.. Parkinson was born on the
homestead of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William B. Parkinson, in the
Fairy Lake community on April "a,
1870 and was SO years of age at the
time of death. His parents came to
this community among the early
pioneers, and he spent his boyhood
on the old homestead.
During young manhood he was
engaged in railroad work in Mon
tana, and he spent several winters
in the lumber camps of the north
ern part of Minnesota.
On July "a, 1892, forty-six years
ago, he was united in marriage to
Miss Anna Meinke at Park Rapids,
and they moved to the T. w. Mann
farm near Westport, where they re-
sided for time. When his father
retired from farming, Mr.. Perkin-
son took over the operation of the
homestead.
In 1906 the family moved into
Sank Centre and Mr.. Parkinson
went to West Union where he was
employed as grain buyer for the
Erwin Elevator Co. He worked
there for two years and returned to
Sank Centre and was engaged as
grain buyer for the Lee-Gngery
elevator. Sometime later he enter
ed into partnership with Ben Vogel
in the operation Of dray line and
also owned and operated the black
smith shop, now the property OF
Lee Johnson.
After disposing Of his blacksmith
shop he went to work for the Gen.
trail Minnesota Power & Milling Co.,
then under the management of Sid
Merryman. During the first Christ
mas Of his employment with that
company, Mr.. Merryman presented
him a ring which he constantly wore.
He was employed as engineer at the
mill for IL years, and then engaged
in the feed and seed business with
his son, Clifford. He erected build
ing across the street from the LAM
pert Lumber Co. in 1928. He later
sold to the Farm Service Stores and
the building was moved to their
property near the Great Northern
depot. He and his son were en-
ployed by that company, Mr.. Perk-
inson being the manager and grain
buyer. In 1892 he purchased the
Pangburn Seed Store on Main
Street, and operated that business
until two years ago, when he went
to New Mexico to spend the winter
with his daughters, the Misses Clar-
ice and Florence.
Mr.. Parkinson was elected as q
member Of the city council in 1915,
to fill the unexpired term Of Will
liam Pangburn, who passed away.
He was reelected in 1915 and COM
pleted the term. He was member
Of the council at the time the mum
icipal light plant was inaugurated.
Besides the bereaved wife, the
surviving relatives are two daugh-
tiers, three brothers and three sis
tiers. The daughters are Miss Clar-
ice and Miss Florence, who reside
at Albuquerque, New Mexico. The
brothers are Will Parkinson, who
resides in the Fairy Lake commun-
ity; Clint Parkinson, Of Armour, s.
D.; Frank Parkinson, of Canada.
The sisters are: Mrs. Eva Eckels,
Eagle Bend, Mimi; Mrs. Jake Fred
rick and Mrs. Charles friedrich, of
Westport. Two sons preceded him
in death. Floyd passed away in
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