Bom-Wrapper

The Memorial Candle Program has been designed to help offset the costs associated with the hosting this Tribute Website in perpetuity. Through the lighting of a memorial candle, your thoughtful gesture will be recorded in the Book of Memories and the proceeds will go directly towards helping ensure that the family and friends of Dean Parks can continue to memorialize, re-visit, interact with each other and enhance this tribute for future generations.

Thank you.

Cancel
Select Candle

Obituary for Dean Parks

ALLEN ’DEAN’ PARKS, 86

EAST LIVERPOOL – Longtime Anderson Boulevard resident Allen “Dean” Parks passed away while at Brunswick Point Traditional Care in Brunswick, Ohio at 12:49 p.m. Thursday, July 12, 2018. He was 86.

Dean was one of eight children, born to the late Harry and Veta Ramsey Parks on August 29, 1931 in Robertsdale, Pennsylvania. He attended school there, and met his future wife, Lois Sheats Parks, who preceded him in death in 2017, at a Halloween parade when he was just 17 years old. They were married on August 27, 1953 and came to East Liverpool in the early 1960’s when Dean took a job with the former National Life Insurance Company.

To everyone who knew Dean his greatest joy was found in his family. He also enjoyed fishing, hunting and working in his yard. A graduate of Robertsdale High School, Dean was captain of the football and basketball teams and played on the baseball team.

Dean is survived by his five daughters: Barbara Thompson (Dennis) of East Liverpool; Sharon Parks of Strongsville; Teresa Ward (John) of Wellsville; Deana Goeldi (Rudi) of Akron; and Nicole Smith (Ron) of East Liverpool.

There are nine grandchildren: Kristina Cornell (Bill), Erin Hofherr (Mike), Jenna Sweitzer (Doug), Sara Stickler (Rebecca), Kristina Stickler, Danielle Stickler, Megan Rice (Zack), KyLee Smith and Cody Smith. Dean also leaves behind seven great-grandchildren: Olivia and Elyse Cornell, Luke, Andrew and Anna Hofherr, and Caleigh and Tatum Rice.

Dean is also survived by a sister, Estaline Darland of Iowa, a brother Donnie Parks of Coraopolis, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding Dean in death were his four sisters, Velma Decker, Eva Swope, “Sis” Ramper, Maxine Hoover, and a brother Bernard Parks.

Friends may visit at the Dawson Funeral Home on Sunday, where the family will be present from 4 to 8 p.m.

Dean’s neighbor, Pastor Norm Eckert of Beechwood Free Methodist Church, will officiate at a funeral service to be held at the funeral home on Monday at 2 p.m.

Burial will follow at Riverview Cemetery. Family and friends will then gather at the Dawson Family Center for a continued time of fellowship.

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Dean Parks, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store.

Order Flowers
Recently Shared Condolences
Recently Shared Stories
Recently Shared Photos
Share by: