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Steven Richard Parkes
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Steven Richard Parkes,
age 51, passed away May 2, 2003 in West Valley City, Utah of natural
causes. He was born Aug 14, 1951
to Kenneth Richard Parkes and JoAnne Bollschweiler in Salt Lake City,
UT. Steven grew up in San Jose, CA and then attended Ricks College,
where he graduated in 1971. He then served a faithful mission to Denmark.
Steven was blessed with an extraordinary tenor voice and performed with
the Mormon Youth Chorus and Utah Opera Company. On January 16, 1976
he married Kristine Petty in the Salt Lake LDS Temple (later divorced). Steven was an avid genealogist
specializing in Danish Research, he also wrote a family history of the
Andelin family, which was published. He served his country as a member
of the Naval Reserves. Steven was an advocate for those with disabilities
and served as the UTA disabilities representative. He also served on
the board of directors for the Independent Living Center and was a volunteer
for the 2002 Winter Olympics. He is survived by his
four children, Annelise (Mickey) Murphy, Kjersti Adeline Oda Parkes,
Benjamin Richard Parkes, Jeffrey Krit Parkes (currently serving in the
Spain, Barcelona Mission); granddaughter, Ivy Kristine Murphy; sisters,
Diana (Kurt) van Uitert, Linda (Richard) Ringler; brother, John (Michelle)
Parkes; and grandfather, Clayton E. Bollschweiler. Services will be Tues.
May 6, 2003, 2 p.m. Jenkins-Soffe South Valley Memorial Chapel, 1007
S. Jordan Parkway, South Jordan, UT. Friends may call Mon. May 5 6-8
p.m. Jenkins-Soffe South Valley Memorial Chapel, 1007 S. Jordan Parkway,
South Jordan, UT and Tues. one hour prior to services. |
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Memories of
Steve...
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It has given me great sadness to hear of Steve's passing. He was a great friend and I was glad to know him as one of my Bollschweiler cousins. In the time that I knew him I came to greatly admire and appreciate him. He was one of the people that gave me the most support and feedback during the creation of the web site, something that I appreciated so very much. I learned a lot from Steve about genealogy and the Bollschweiler family. He had an incredible gift in his love of family research and I hope I can learn to be like him in that way. I will miss him greatly. --Amy Ogilvie (web mistress of bollschweiler.org) |
| I was sick to learn about Steve's death! He was a remarkable
person in so many ways. Certainly someone to be admired.
I met Steve only once and it was meant to be. I was doing my yearly
week in Salt Lake. Of course I was on B1 in the library and waiting
in line to be helped at the central desk on that floor. Some guy in
front of me was trying to fit a square peg into a round hole and I stepped
in and tried to help. I rattled off my family names and a voice from
behind me said, "Those are ALL my family names!" I looked
back to see a guy in a wheelchair. We started talking and both of us
got excited. I showed him the map of my family towns and he said those
were all his, too. We couldn't believe it!! Then I went back to his
work station where we got serious about comparing family information
and learned that we were, indeed, cousins!! I spent the rest of the
day talking with Steve and learning all kinds of things from him. What
a time it was! I'll never forget it. He was a super person and so very
capable in spite of his health problems. We e-mailed for a time after
that and I had hoped to go out to the Bollschweiler reunion but I became
very ill and had to be hospitalized for a time. So, I missed Steve at
the reunion and had not heard from him since. I didn't know if he was
upset with me about not I feel privileged to have known Steve. He's the kind of guy/cousin, I'll never forget. --Karen Urick |
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--Robert Reeder |