Obituary of Curtis Parker

Sedan - Loving son and devoted uncle, Curtis Joe Parker, passed away Monday, October 27, 2008, at his home in Chautauqua, Kansas. Curtis was born November 26, 1946 in Chautauqua to Joe and Neva (Mantooth) Parker. Curtis attended grade school in Chautauqua and Sedan, and graduated in the upper 10% of his class from Sedan High School in 1964. He received an Associates degree from Independence Community College and continued his education at Pittsburg State University earning the Bachelor of Science in microbiology. June 21, 1969 Curtis married Martha Newport in Lyndon, Kansas; they were later divorced. He worked for the Kansas Department of Health in Topeka before enlisting in the U.S. Navy. He served in the United States Navy Specialist Fifth Class Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 174th Supply and Service Battalion, honorably discharged July 8, 1974, and then served in the reserves until July 8, 1975. Curtis worked in various hospitals as a lab technician. He is preceded in death by his father, Joe Parker. Surviving loved ones include mother, Neva Parker; sister, Christia Jarboe Moore; nieces Gunile Walker and Charissa JarboeGale; and grandnieces Nicole Walker and Nura Haroual. The casket will be closed but friends may sign the register book from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at the David W. Barnes Funeral Home in Sedan. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 30, 2008 at the Chautauqua First Southern Baptist Church, where he was a faithful member since 1955. The family has suggested memorial contributions to the Chautauqua Southern Baptist Church Nursery and these remembrances may be left in care of David W. Barnes Funeral Home, 209 North Douglas Street, Sedan, Kansas 67361.