Florian Addie Parker (Lee), 92, a longtime resident of Annapolis, died of heart complications October 27 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.
She was born May 5, 1918 in San Antonio, Texas to George and Elizabeth Parker. Florian met Fred L. Walker Jr. at West Point and they married October 9, 1937. They moved to Honolulu, Hawaii in early 1941 and resided at Scoffield Barracks when, on December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor was bombed. Fred was called to duty and Florian was left to prepare for possible gunfire at the home. Later that day, wives and children were evacuated and driven into the mountains as there was concern about further attacks. In March 1942 Cissie was transferred in an unescorted passenger ship to San Francisco, California while her husband stayed behind for reassignment to the European Theater. Florian later divorced from Fred Jr. and married Benjamin Solomon Lee, a journalist from St. Louis, Mo.
She was a volunteer nurse's aide in Fort Benning, Georgia. during World War II and again in the 1960s and 70s at Glendale Hospital in Bowie. She was also a Conover model in New York City along with her sister, Dorian (known as Dorian Leigh) in the 1940s and had pictures in Harpers Bazaar and Vogue magazine. Her sister Cecilia, known as Suzy Parker, was also a famous model and did some acting in movies. Florian retired from modeling in 1949 to be a fulltime homemaker. In later years, she also sold real estate in the Washington, D.C. area.
She was preceded in death by her second husband, Ben S. Lee, who died in 1984; and daughter, Michelle K. Asher, who died in 1984.
She is survived by three children, Fred Walker III of Purcellville, Va., Carolyn Walker Wilson of Davidsonville and Barry L. Lee of Van Buren, Missouri.; 13 grandchildren, Fred IV, Scott, Casey, Shane, Steven, Mary, John, Elizabeth, Tammy, Barry Jr., Rachel, David and Sarah; 20 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
A private graveside service was held at Lakemont Memorial Gardens in Davidsonville. Arrangements handled by Kalas Funeral Home in Edgewater.
Published in The Capital on November 13, 2010
She was born May 5, 1918 in San Antonio, Texas to George and Elizabeth Parker. Florian met Fred L. Walker Jr. at West Point and they married October 9, 1937. They moved to Honolulu, Hawaii in early 1941 and resided at Scoffield Barracks when, on December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor was bombed. Fred was called to duty and Florian was left to prepare for possible gunfire at the home. Later that day, wives and children were evacuated and driven into the mountains as there was concern about further attacks. In March 1942 Cissie was transferred in an unescorted passenger ship to San Francisco, California while her husband stayed behind for reassignment to the European Theater. Florian later divorced from Fred Jr. and married Benjamin Solomon Lee, a journalist from St. Louis, Mo.
She was a volunteer nurse's aide in Fort Benning, Georgia. during World War II and again in the 1960s and 70s at Glendale Hospital in Bowie. She was also a Conover model in New York City along with her sister, Dorian (known as Dorian Leigh) in the 1940s and had pictures in Harpers Bazaar and Vogue magazine. Her sister Cecilia, known as Suzy Parker, was also a famous model and did some acting in movies. Florian retired from modeling in 1949 to be a fulltime homemaker. In later years, she also sold real estate in the Washington, D.C. area.
She was preceded in death by her second husband, Ben S. Lee, who died in 1984; and daughter, Michelle K. Asher, who died in 1984.
She is survived by three children, Fred Walker III of Purcellville, Va., Carolyn Walker Wilson of Davidsonville and Barry L. Lee of Van Buren, Missouri.; 13 grandchildren, Fred IV, Scott, Casey, Shane, Steven, Mary, John, Elizabeth, Tammy, Barry Jr., Rachel, David and Sarah; 20 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
A private graveside service was held at Lakemont Memorial Gardens in Davidsonville. Arrangements handled by Kalas Funeral Home in Edgewater.
Published in The Capital on November 13, 2010
Florian Addie Parker (Lee), 92, a longtime resident of Annapolis, died of heart complications October 27 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.
She was born May 5, 1918 in San Antonio, Texas to George and Elizabeth Parker. Florian met Fred L. Walker Jr. at West Point and they married October 9, 1937. They moved to Honolulu, Hawaii in early 1941 and resided at Scoffield Barracks when, on December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor was bombed. Fred was called to duty and Florian was left to prepare for possible gunfire at the home. Later that day, wives and children were evacuated and driven into the mountains as there was concern about further attacks. In March 1942 Cissie was transferred in an unescorted passenger ship to San Francisco, California while her husband stayed behind for reassignment to the European Theater. Florian later divorced from Fred Jr. and married Benjamin Solomon Lee, a journalist from St. Louis, Mo.
She was a volunteer nurse's aide in Fort Benning, Georgia. during World War II and again in the 1960s and 70s at Glendale Hospital in Bowie. She was also a Conover model in New York City along with her sister, Dorian (known as Dorian Leigh) in the 1940s and had pictures in Harpers Bazaar and Vogue magazine. Her sister Cecilia, known as Suzy Parker, was also a famous model and did some acting in movies. Florian retired from modeling in 1949 to be a fulltime homemaker. In later years, she also sold real estate in the Washington, D.C. area.
She was preceded in death by her second husband, Ben S. Lee, who died in 1984; and daughter, Michelle K. Asher, who died in 1984.
She is survived by three children, Fred Walker III of Purcellville, Va., Carolyn Walker Wilson of Davidsonville and Barry L. Lee of Van Buren, Missouri.; 13 grandchildren, Fred IV, Scott, Casey, Shane, Steven, Mary, John, Elizabeth, Tammy, Barry Jr., Rachel, David and Sarah; 20 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
A private graveside service was held at Lakemont Memorial Gardens in Davidsonville. Arrangements handled by Kalas Funeral Home in Edgewater.
Published in The Capital on November 13, 2010
She was born May 5, 1918 in San Antonio, Texas to George and Elizabeth Parker. Florian met Fred L. Walker Jr. at West Point and they married October 9, 1937. They moved to Honolulu, Hawaii in early 1941 and resided at Scoffield Barracks when, on December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor was bombed. Fred was called to duty and Florian was left to prepare for possible gunfire at the home. Later that day, wives and children were evacuated and driven into the mountains as there was concern about further attacks. In March 1942 Cissie was transferred in an unescorted passenger ship to San Francisco, California while her husband stayed behind for reassignment to the European Theater. Florian later divorced from Fred Jr. and married Benjamin Solomon Lee, a journalist from St. Louis, Mo.
She was a volunteer nurse's aide in Fort Benning, Georgia. during World War II and again in the 1960s and 70s at Glendale Hospital in Bowie. She was also a Conover model in New York City along with her sister, Dorian (known as Dorian Leigh) in the 1940s and had pictures in Harpers Bazaar and Vogue magazine. Her sister Cecilia, known as Suzy Parker, was also a famous model and did some acting in movies. Florian retired from modeling in 1949 to be a fulltime homemaker. In later years, she also sold real estate in the Washington, D.C. area.
She was preceded in death by her second husband, Ben S. Lee, who died in 1984; and daughter, Michelle K. Asher, who died in 1984.
She is survived by three children, Fred Walker III of Purcellville, Va., Carolyn Walker Wilson of Davidsonville and Barry L. Lee of Van Buren, Missouri.; 13 grandchildren, Fred IV, Scott, Casey, Shane, Steven, Mary, John, Elizabeth, Tammy, Barry Jr., Rachel, David and Sarah; 20 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
A private graveside service was held at Lakemont Memorial Gardens in Davidsonville. Arrangements handled by Kalas Funeral Home in Edgewater.
Published in The Capital on November 13, 2010
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