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Ruth Prather Parks

March 6, 2014
March 12, 2014
Ruth Prather Parks, 94, Bonners Ferry, died Thursday, March 6, at Boundary County Nursing Home. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 20, at Keith and Keith Funeral Home, Yakima.

Mrs. Parks was born in Touchet, Washington. She worked in several office and secretarial positions in the Valley. Before her retirement, she worked in the office of Colonial Funeral Home in Toppenish, Washington.

Survivors include two daughters, Cathy Thaxton of Bonners Ferry and Sharon Lyon of Mesa, Arizona; son David Parks; seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 21 in Elmwood Cemetery, Toppenish, with a memorial service to follow at 1 p.m. at West Side Church, Yakima.