Florence Mabel Parks

March 13, 1910 - December 1, 2016

Florence “Mabel” Parks went to see Jesus December 1, 2016 at the age of 106. She was born March 13, 1910 in Iowa to Wilbert Reeves and Cynthia Heemstra Reeves. Mabel married Ronald V. Parks September 17, 1936, and six children were born to the couple. Mabel moved to Arizona in 1946, living in Prescott, Chino Valley and Buckeye. She was a founding member of the group that started the Emmanuel Pines Camp and a charter member of the Prescott Free Methodist Church. Mabel was a good, kind, friendly, loving person and a hard worker. She dedicated her life to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Mabel was preceded in death by her husband, three children; daughter Mary Ruth Thrailkill O’Brien, son David (Virginia) Parks, daughter Cynthia (Henry) Welker. Surviving are three children; Arnold (Ardyce) Parks, Marilyn (Frank) Whitt, and Richard Parks, who served as her full-time care giver for nearly 7 years; 14 grandchildren, Bonnie (John) Black, Donald (Tami) Thrailkill, David (Andrea) Thrailkill, Heather (John) Hibner, Hilary (Dustin) Snyder, Holly (Wes) Haynes, William (Dora) Welker, Wanda (Ken) Caron, Karin Jackson, Darin Welker, Stacey (Jason) Staudinger, David (Stacy) Parks, Jennifer (Alex) Lopez, Kimberly (Spencer) Caldwell; 37 great-grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren. Services for Mabel will be held Thursday, December 8, at the Emmanuel Pines Chapel, viewing at 10:00am and service at 11:00am. Interment will be in Chino Valley Cemetery at 2:30pm. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial contributions be made to the Emmanuel Pines Camp Memorial Fund, 3000 Spence Springs Road, Prescott, AZ, 86305. Please designate “In Memory of Mabel Parks”.