Glenna

Parks

Glenna Parks born June 6, 1933 in Ellington, Missouri to the late Cleo and Estelle (Bales) Gastineau, she departed this life on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco, Texas with her loving husband by her side. She had attained the age of eighty-four years, nine months and fifteen days.

Glenna grew up in Ellington with her sister Wanda and learned to work hard at a young age, as she was expected to help with the family farm. During high school, she was attending a basketball game with a competing school where she would catch the eye of a basketball player from the other team, Truman Parks. The rest is history.

After graduation, Glenna attended Springfield College and Truman went off to serve our country in Korea. He returned in June of 1954 and they were later united in marriage on December 11, 1954 at the 1 ^st Baptist Church in Ellington, Missouri.

Truman and Glenna moved to St. Louis, Missouri where they raised their son, James and Glenna enjoyed a career at the Federal Probation office for over 20 years; while Truman worked at General Motors. Glenna was a born again believer in Jesus Christ and a member of the Ellington 1 ^st Baptist Church for nearly seventy years.

After Truman and Glenna retired they traveled all over the United States in their RV. They loved to travel and spent about as much time in their RV as they did at home. They began spending winters in the valley in 1998 and made a lot of good friends in Weslaco, Texas at Countryside RV Park. Glenna enjoyed working on the farm, reading, playing cards and traveling; but her favorite past time was spending time with her grandchildren who she adored.

Glenna is preceded in death by her parents; Cleo and Estelle Gastineau.

Survivors include her loving husband, Truman, of sixty-four years; one son, James Dale Parks and wife Sissy of Ellington, Missouri; two grandchildren, Sarah Ann Parks of Odessa, Texas and Tasha Lynn Parks of Ellington, Missouri; three great grandchildren, Nova Grace O'Dell of Ellington, Missouri, Aubree Estelle and Allie Ann Shipman of Odessa, Texas; one sister, Wanda Lee Strever of Conway, Arkansas; as well as many other relatives and friends left to mourn her passing.

A visitation is set for the public beginning at 5:00 pm Monday April 2, 2018 at McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellington, Missouri.
Memorial service to begin at 7:00 pm in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Dan Kitijona officiating.