Earl D. Parks

Visitation for Earl Dean Parks, 94, of Des Plaines, will be on Monday, June 12, 2017 from 10:00 AM until the time of the Funeral Service, 11:30 AM at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Hwy.  Palatine.  An Interment with military honors will follow at Randhill Park Cemetery, Arlington Heights.

Earl was born in Effingham, IL on July 10, 1922 to Earl Dean and Blanche Parks.  He passed away peacefully on Monday, June 5, 2017 surrounded by his family.

Earl was the husband of the late Viola Parks and longtime companion of Anna Maday; his children, Richard (Pattie Harlan) Parks, Ronald (Kathleen) Parks, Judith Lynn (John) Zajac; nine grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and siblings, Melba (the late Robert) Gillespie, Harry (the late Ruth) Parks.

In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated to Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675-8517.