Parker L. Steis

Parker L. Steis, age 86, of Monmouth, Illinois; passed away at Heartland Health Care Center in Galesburg, on May 2, 2011 at 12:22 pm. Parker was born on February 3, 1925 in Effingham, Illinois and is the son of Leonard A. and Maurece Parker Steis. He was raised in Effingham, where he attended local schools and graduated High School. He then attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri and then graduated from the St.Louis College of Mortuary Science. He was married to Joan Fuller on April 10, 1948 in Kansas City, Missouri. "Park" began work as an apprentice funeral director at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham, Illinois. He then was licensed as a Funeral Director in Illinois and continued work for several years. He then began employment as a salesman for EBC, Embalming Burial Case in Burlington, Iowa. He has been in sales as a representative for EBC, Quincy Casket Company, Lincoln Casket Company, and Artco Casket Company spanning a period from 1950 to his retirement in 1999. Parker has been a life long Presbyterian and was a member of the former Grace Presbyterian Church and the Faith United Presbyterian Churh serving as Elder, Trustee, and Deacon. He also was a former moderator of Monmouth Presbytery and served as chairman of the Ministerial Relations for Great River Presbytery. Parker also was a member and Paul Harris Fellow in Monmouth Rotary Club serving as District Govenor for District 646 in 1982-83. He also served as a delegate to the Legislative Continental Council in Chicago and also traveled to Singapore as delegate for District 6460. Parker was active in the Warren County Red Cross and had served locally as it's chairman and active in the Community Memorial Hospital Auxillary. Parker is survived by his wife Joan of Monmouth, Illinois and two daughters, Catherine Abernathy of Monmouth, and Jane ( John ) Walters of Hanover Park, Illinois. He has two grandchildren Elizabeth (Jon) Gear and Nathan Walters and two great grandchildren Cole and Emily Gear. He is preceded in death by his parents and one daughter, Mary Ann. Services:A funeral service will be on Saturday May 7th at 10:00 am at Faith United Presbyterian Church in Monmouth, IL. Visitation is planned by his family on Friday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at Turnbull Funeral Home in Monmouth, Illinois. Interment will be in the Monmouth Cemetery. A memorial fund is established for either Rotary Foundation or Faith United Presbyterian Church.