Armina (Simpson) Parks (1868 - 1918)

Born 22 Aug 1868 in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States

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Died 6 Oct 1918 at age 50 in Vilonia, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States

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My mother was told that her grandmother died of the flu.

The Oswego Independent (KS), Friday, December 6, 1918, page 1

Former Oswego Lady Dead.

Mrs. Armina Simpson Parks, who died at her home in Vilonia, Ark., on Oct. 6, will be remembered by many of the older residents of this city as having formerly made this her home. She was married at Lincoln, Kan., in 1890 to Mr. Sam Parks, and they moved to Oswego in 1895 and lived here sixteen years, moving to Vilonia in 1912. Death was caused from an attack of influenza, and three days after her death her daughter-in-law, Mrs. John S. Parks, of the same place, died of the same disease. Mrs. Parks was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church of this city for twenty years, and she was esteemed here as a fine Christian woman. She was born at Ottumwa, Iowa, August 22, 1868, and leaves to mourn her husband and five children, Mrs. John L. Cannard, of Labette, Kan., John S. Parks, Earl Parks, Paul and Bertha, all of Vilonia. She was ill only four days. The daughter-in-law leaves also two small children and her husband. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Roberts of the Baptist church there.

Sources

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

View Record Name Armina S Parks Birth Date 1868 Death Date 1918 Cemetery Cypress Valley Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place Faulkner County, Arkansas, USA Has Bio? N

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTY-SHW : accessed 25 November 2021), Armina S Parks in household of Samuel Parks, Oswego Township Oswego city Ward 1-3, Labette, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 120, sheet 2A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,485.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2CJ-V43 : accessed 25 November 2021), Armina Parks in household of S T Parks, Oswego, Labette, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 143, sheet 8A, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 443; FHL microfilm 1,374,456.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46663625/armina-parks : accessed 25 November 2021), memorial page for Armina Simpson Parks (Aug 1868–1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 46663625, citing Cypress Valley Cemetery, Faulkner County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Arkieologist (contributor 47246586) .