Grandson of Horatio Nelson Wells, the 2nd mayor of Milwaukee, WI. was the father of Daniel Wells Parker, John Stone, and Sara Stone Parker, she was born Sept 23, 1916 in Rockford, IL, married Phillip Russell Bennett June 25, 1938 Rockford. Mr. Bennett died in 1971, buried at Rockford, IL
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Sunday, Jun 13, 1943 / Morning Star / Rockford, IL
Earle D. Parker, 63, vice president and general works manager of the Barber-Colman company, died suddenly at 4 p.m. yesterday, a few minutes after being stricken with a heart attack while working on his famer on state route 70, five miles southeast of Durand.
Mr. Parker is the second high official of the Barber-Colman company to die suddenly in less than a year. Howard D. Colman, president of the firm, for whom Mr. Parker had worked for many years, was killed last fall in an automobile accident while driving to Chicago.
For 40 years, Mr. Parker had been employed in the engineering and management divisions of the Barber-Colman company and for the past 20 years had served as general works manager. He became vice president of the firm following Mr. Colman's death.
Mr. Parker had worked as usual up to noon yesterday at his office in the factory. He had dinner at his home, 1621 National avenue, and about 1 p.m. drove out to his farm, where he was making arrangements to entertain a group of friends at a picnic in the evening. While in the woods with his farm operator, Jay Boomer, he suddenly became faint and walked back to the farmhouse. On arriving there he lay down on a couch. Death followed immediately.
Mrs. Parker and their daughter Mrs. Philip R. Bennett,2322 Benderwirt avenue, were immediately notified of his sudden death.
Mr. Parker previously had not complained of ill health, but his work at the plant, interspersed with frequent trips almost every two weeks to Washington on matters pertaining to the machine tool industry, had been exceedingly strenuous. Always a hard worker, Mr. Parker did not spare himself as new duties fell upon him following Mr. Colman's death and as war production was speeded at the Barber-Colman plant.
Active for years in the National Association of Machine Tool Builders, Mr. Parker was consulted constantly by men in government and machine tool circles. He was a member of the board of directors of the Metal Cutting Tool institute, director of Machinery and Allied Products Institute, and on the advisory committee on metal cutting tools of the war production board.
He was a member of the Church of the Christian Union, Rockford Country Club, and the University club. He also was a member of the University Club in Chicago.
In recent years Mr. Parker had taken great pride in developing his farm, located on the Pecatonica river. He had made portions of it into a natural game refuge and had stocked it with wildlife. His farm was adjacent to property owned by Seth Atwood of Rockford.
Mr. Parker was born in Dubuque, Ia., Dec. 4, 1879. After graduation as a mechanical engineer from Cornell university, he worked for two years at the Fairbanks-Morse plant in Beloit. Later he came to Rockford as an engineering employee of the Barber-Colman company. He advanced to the position of general works manager and worked closely in the development of the plant with the late Mr. Colman and Harry A. Severson, now president of the company.
His widow is the former Geraldine Stone. They observed their 38th wedding anniversary last Tuesday, having been married June 8, 1905.
Besides the widow and daughter, Mr. Parker leaves two sons, Daniel Wells Parker, in officer's training school for merchant marine service at Alameda, Cal., and John Stone Parker, in the army finance training school at Camp Benjamin Harrison, Ind. "Dan" Parker is scheduled to become an officer on completion of his training July 1.
There are two grandchildren, Philip R. Bennett, Jr., and Geraldine Stone Parker.
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Sunday, Jun 13, 1943 / Morning Star / Rockford, IL
Earle D. Parker, 63, vice president and general works manager of the Barber-Colman company, died suddenly at 4 p.m. yesterday, a few minutes after being stricken with a heart attack while working on his famer on state route 70, five miles southeast of Durand.
Mr. Parker is the second high official of the Barber-Colman company to die suddenly in less than a year. Howard D. Colman, president of the firm, for whom Mr. Parker had worked for many years, was killed last fall in an automobile accident while driving to Chicago.
For 40 years, Mr. Parker had been employed in the engineering and management divisions of the Barber-Colman company and for the past 20 years had served as general works manager. He became vice president of the firm following Mr. Colman's death.
Mr. Parker had worked as usual up to noon yesterday at his office in the factory. He had dinner at his home, 1621 National avenue, and about 1 p.m. drove out to his farm, where he was making arrangements to entertain a group of friends at a picnic in the evening. While in the woods with his farm operator, Jay Boomer, he suddenly became faint and walked back to the farmhouse. On arriving there he lay down on a couch. Death followed immediately.
Mrs. Parker and their daughter Mrs. Philip R. Bennett,2322 Benderwirt avenue, were immediately notified of his sudden death.
Mr. Parker previously had not complained of ill health, but his work at the plant, interspersed with frequent trips almost every two weeks to Washington on matters pertaining to the machine tool industry, had been exceedingly strenuous. Always a hard worker, Mr. Parker did not spare himself as new duties fell upon him following Mr. Colman's death and as war production was speeded at the Barber-Colman plant.
Active for years in the National Association of Machine Tool Builders, Mr. Parker was consulted constantly by men in government and machine tool circles. He was a member of the board of directors of the Metal Cutting Tool institute, director of Machinery and Allied Products Institute, and on the advisory committee on metal cutting tools of the war production board.
He was a member of the Church of the Christian Union, Rockford Country Club, and the University club. He also was a member of the University Club in Chicago.
In recent years Mr. Parker had taken great pride in developing his farm, located on the Pecatonica river. He had made portions of it into a natural game refuge and had stocked it with wildlife. His farm was adjacent to property owned by Seth Atwood of Rockford.
Mr. Parker was born in Dubuque, Ia., Dec. 4, 1879. After graduation as a mechanical engineer from Cornell university, he worked for two years at the Fairbanks-Morse plant in Beloit. Later he came to Rockford as an engineering employee of the Barber-Colman company. He advanced to the position of general works manager and worked closely in the development of the plant with the late Mr. Colman and Harry A. Severson, now president of the company.
His widow is the former Geraldine Stone. They observed their 38th wedding anniversary last Tuesday, having been married June 8, 1905.
Besides the widow and daughter, Mr. Parker leaves two sons, Daniel Wells Parker, in officer's training school for merchant marine service at Alameda, Cal., and John Stone Parker, in the army finance training school at Camp Benjamin Harrison, Ind. "Dan" Parker is scheduled to become an officer on completion of his training July 1.
There are two grandchildren, Philip R. Bennett, Jr., and Geraldine Stone Parker.
Grandson of Horatio Nelson Wells, the 2nd mayor of Milwaukee, WI. was the father of Daniel Wells Parker, John Stone, and Sara Stone Parker, she was born Sept 23, 1916 in Rockford, IL, married Phillip Russell Bennett June 25, 1938 Rockford. Mr. Bennett died in 1971, buried at Rockford, IL
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Sunday, Jun 13, 1943 / Morning Star / Rockford, IL
Earle D. Parker, 63, vice president and general works manager of the Barber-Colman company, died suddenly at 4 p.m. yesterday, a few minutes after being stricken with a heart attack while working on his famer on state route 70, five miles southeast of Durand.
Mr. Parker is the second high official of the Barber-Colman company to die suddenly in less than a year. Howard D. Colman, president of the firm, for whom Mr. Parker had worked for many years, was killed last fall in an automobile accident while driving to Chicago.
For 40 years, Mr. Parker had been employed in the engineering and management divisions of the Barber-Colman company and for the past 20 years had served as general works manager. He became vice president of the firm following Mr. Colman's death.
Mr. Parker had worked as usual up to noon yesterday at his office in the factory. He had dinner at his home, 1621 National avenue, and about 1 p.m. drove out to his farm, where he was making arrangements to entertain a group of friends at a picnic in the evening. While in the woods with his farm operator, Jay Boomer, he suddenly became faint and walked back to the farmhouse. On arriving there he lay down on a couch. Death followed immediately.
Mrs. Parker and their daughter Mrs. Philip R. Bennett,2322 Benderwirt avenue, were immediately notified of his sudden death.
Mr. Parker previously had not complained of ill health, but his work at the plant, interspersed with frequent trips almost every two weeks to Washington on matters pertaining to the machine tool industry, had been exceedingly strenuous. Always a hard worker, Mr. Parker did not spare himself as new duties fell upon him following Mr. Colman's death and as war production was speeded at the Barber-Colman plant.
Active for years in the National Association of Machine Tool Builders, Mr. Parker was consulted constantly by men in government and machine tool circles. He was a member of the board of directors of the Metal Cutting Tool institute, director of Machinery and Allied Products Institute, and on the advisory committee on metal cutting tools of the war production board.
He was a member of the Church of the Christian Union, Rockford Country Club, and the University club. He also was a member of the University Club in Chicago.
In recent years Mr. Parker had taken great pride in developing his farm, located on the Pecatonica river. He had made portions of it into a natural game refuge and had stocked it with wildlife. His farm was adjacent to property owned by Seth Atwood of Rockford.
Mr. Parker was born in Dubuque, Ia., Dec. 4, 1879. After graduation as a mechanical engineer from Cornell university, he worked for two years at the Fairbanks-Morse plant in Beloit. Later he came to Rockford as an engineering employee of the Barber-Colman company. He advanced to the position of general works manager and worked closely in the development of the plant with the late Mr. Colman and Harry A. Severson, now president of the company.
His widow is the former Geraldine Stone. They observed their 38th wedding anniversary last Tuesday, having been married June 8, 1905.
Besides the widow and daughter, Mr. Parker leaves two sons, Daniel Wells Parker, in officer's training school for merchant marine service at Alameda, Cal., and John Stone Parker, in the army finance training school at Camp Benjamin Harrison, Ind. "Dan" Parker is scheduled to become an officer on completion of his training July 1.
There are two grandchildren, Philip R. Bennett, Jr., and Geraldine Stone Parker.
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Sunday, Jun 13, 1943 / Morning Star / Rockford, IL
Earle D. Parker, 63, vice president and general works manager of the Barber-Colman company, died suddenly at 4 p.m. yesterday, a few minutes after being stricken with a heart attack while working on his famer on state route 70, five miles southeast of Durand.
Mr. Parker is the second high official of the Barber-Colman company to die suddenly in less than a year. Howard D. Colman, president of the firm, for whom Mr. Parker had worked for many years, was killed last fall in an automobile accident while driving to Chicago.
For 40 years, Mr. Parker had been employed in the engineering and management divisions of the Barber-Colman company and for the past 20 years had served as general works manager. He became vice president of the firm following Mr. Colman's death.
Mr. Parker had worked as usual up to noon yesterday at his office in the factory. He had dinner at his home, 1621 National avenue, and about 1 p.m. drove out to his farm, where he was making arrangements to entertain a group of friends at a picnic in the evening. While in the woods with his farm operator, Jay Boomer, he suddenly became faint and walked back to the farmhouse. On arriving there he lay down on a couch. Death followed immediately.
Mrs. Parker and their daughter Mrs. Philip R. Bennett,2322 Benderwirt avenue, were immediately notified of his sudden death.
Mr. Parker previously had not complained of ill health, but his work at the plant, interspersed with frequent trips almost every two weeks to Washington on matters pertaining to the machine tool industry, had been exceedingly strenuous. Always a hard worker, Mr. Parker did not spare himself as new duties fell upon him following Mr. Colman's death and as war production was speeded at the Barber-Colman plant.
Active for years in the National Association of Machine Tool Builders, Mr. Parker was consulted constantly by men in government and machine tool circles. He was a member of the board of directors of the Metal Cutting Tool institute, director of Machinery and Allied Products Institute, and on the advisory committee on metal cutting tools of the war production board.
He was a member of the Church of the Christian Union, Rockford Country Club, and the University club. He also was a member of the University Club in Chicago.
In recent years Mr. Parker had taken great pride in developing his farm, located on the Pecatonica river. He had made portions of it into a natural game refuge and had stocked it with wildlife. His farm was adjacent to property owned by Seth Atwood of Rockford.
Mr. Parker was born in Dubuque, Ia., Dec. 4, 1879. After graduation as a mechanical engineer from Cornell university, he worked for two years at the Fairbanks-Morse plant in Beloit. Later he came to Rockford as an engineering employee of the Barber-Colman company. He advanced to the position of general works manager and worked closely in the development of the plant with the late Mr. Colman and Harry A. Severson, now president of the company.
His widow is the former Geraldine Stone. They observed their 38th wedding anniversary last Tuesday, having been married June 8, 1905.
Besides the widow and daughter, Mr. Parker leaves two sons, Daniel Wells Parker, in officer's training school for merchant marine service at Alameda, Cal., and John Stone Parker, in the army finance training school at Camp Benjamin Harrison, Ind. "Dan" Parker is scheduled to become an officer on completion of his training July 1.
There are two grandchildren, Philip R. Bennett, Jr., and Geraldine Stone Parker.
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