In Memoriam: Dr. Sterling Glen Parker January 28, 1917-May 20, 2014
We celebrate the 97 years of life of Dr. Sterling Glen Parker. Born in a farmhouse and educated in a one-room schoolhouse, dad kept his modesty all his life. Though he eventually jetted worldwide, he was never a jet setter. Rather, he was a pace setter in medicine, especially in the Midwest. He had been invited to teach clinical medicine at his Alma Mater, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, but he never had time. He was more interested in his patients' rapid ambulation from fractured spines, skulls, skeletons and detecting changes in gait that might mean something malignant occurring within their bones. Few have parents that reach such an advanced age. And few have parents who at 93 consult on their own MRIs for their own spinal surgery. Few have parents who at 95 consult on their own hip replacement surgery with their orthopedists. Above all else, he taught us how to age gracefully, to accept the limitations and weaknesses of the flesh as time went on but also to question them and push on, and to bring love to the center of family life. Dad, they don't make them like you anymore. We will miss you more than we likely ever were able to tell you. We can't really say goodbye because you are with us all the time in the values you taught us by example, and in the genes that keep us walking strong into our own old ages.
--Linda Parker Woodward
--Linda Parker Woodward
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Obituary: Houston Chronicle 5-25-14 View obituary and Guest Book at http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=sterling-glen-parker&pid=171103065&fhid=6290
Obituary: Decatur Herald-Review 5-25-14 at http://herald-review.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/parker-sterling-glen/article_da2984b6-ca3f-54f1-9d9d-f59f61e13961.html
Obituary Print Edition: Decatur, IL Herald-Review 5-25-14
Obituary: Geo. H. Lewis & Sons, Houston Web Site
http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Sterling-Parker&lc=2220&pid=171103215&mid=5980277&locale=en_US
Mixbook: Parker Pathways 2014 Update for viewing: http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/family/parker-pathways-2014-10651586?vk=9Mb8iiMHqE
Mixbook: Parker History for viewing: http://www.mixbook.com/photo-books/family/ancestral-trails-the-parkers-6162145?vk=IKdN3p53u3
