RICHARD F. PARKER Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

RICHARD ALLEN PARKER, MINISTER AND ADMINISTRATOR OF WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL IN REDLANDS, CA. WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2022. RICHARD WAS BORN MARCH 21, 1936 AT GRANDVIEW, ILLINOIS, THE SIXTH OF EIGHT SIBLINGS, BORN TO EDWARD REED AND ELIZABETH PARKER. HE GREW UP ON A FARM IN INDIANA, A PRODUCT OF A LOVING FAMILY WHO CARED AND NURTURED EACH OTHER. RICHARD’S LOVE OF FAMILY WAS A HALLMARK OF HIS ENTIRE LIFE. RICHARD MET PEGGY WHEN HE WAS 10 AND SHE WAS 7. HIS FAMILY AND PEGGY’S MET WHEN OLDER BROTHER, EDWARD MARRIED PEGGY’S FIRST COUSIN, MARY LOU ANGLIN. RICHARD’S FIRST SIGHT OF PEGGY WAS OF HER ASLEEP IN THE BACK SEAT OF HER FAMILY’S CAR. HE WOULD SAY IN LATER DAYS, ‘I LOVED PEGGY FOR 75 YEARS,’ AND, SHE LIKEWISE FELT THE SAME ABOUT RICHARD. HE SERVED TWO CHURCHES OVER A PERIOD OF 50 YEARS BEING ORDAINED INTO THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY BY DR. J. MERLIN HILL OF VICTOR VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN HESPERIA, CA AUGUST 1974. HE LOVED THE WORD OF GOD WITH A PASSION WANTING EVERYONE TO COME UNDER THE BLOOD OF CHRIST THROUGH CHRISTIAN BAPTISM. RICHARD SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FOR TWO YEARS, RECEIVING TOP HONORS FOR HIS TRAINING AND EXPERTISE IN SPECIAL WEAPONS, WITH A LETTER OF COMMENDATION FROM GENERAL RYAN OF THE U.S. SEVENTH ARMY DIVISION. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE PEGGY, DAUGHTER ROBERTA LYNN AND SON-IN-LAW STEPHEN REHWALD, GRANDCHILDREN, JONATHAN HROVAT, JACOB HROVAT AND SARAH HROVAT, PLUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. RICHARD WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY SO MANY. HE LIVED A FULL AND REWARDING LIFE DOING THE THINGS HE LOVED MOST. HE WAS GREATLY BLESSED AND HE GREATLY BLESSED ALL WHO KNEW HIM. SERVICES WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2022 WITH VISITATION AT WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH FROM 9:30 – 11:30 A.M., FOLLOWED BY GRAVESIDE SERVICES AT THE RIVERSIDE NATIONAL CEMETERY AT 12:45 P.M. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 1495 W. OLIVE IN REDLANDS. ALL ARE INVITED BACK TO WESTSIDE FOR FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP FOLLOWING SERVICES AT RIVERSIDE NATIONAL CEMETERY.

RICHARD F. PARKER

October 1, 1940 - April 26, 2021