CHIPPEWA LAKE -- Parker Beach, died Feb. 1, 1992 in Lake Wales, Fla.
Mr. Beach was born in Seville and was the owner and manager of Chippewa
Lake Park from 1936 to 1970.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 16, at 11 a.m., at the
Seville Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends following the
service in the church fellowship hall. Arrangements made by the Armstrong
Funeral Home in Seville. Rev. James Watt was officating clergyman.
From Chippewa Lake Chronicles by Sharon Kraynek: Parker Beach came to Chippewa Lake Park when he was a moth old and didn't leave the Medina Co. part until he was 64.
In between, he went from selling concessions to owning and operating the 95 acre amusement park and 165 acre lake.
Mr. Beach died Saturday in Florida from heart failure. He was 86.
Mr. Beach left Chippewa Lake Park in 1969, but his wife of 61 years said he still considered it home.
Parker Beach's father, Mac Beach, began leasing the park about 1900, putting in the first rides. Parker at age 12 and his brother Fred worked the park.
In 1934 the park went bankrupt, a victim of the Depression.
Beach once said he had $18 in his pocket that day in 1937, whe he bought the park for $3,500 at a sheriffs sale and agreed to pay the delinquent taxes and mortgages.
Besides his wife, Mr. Beach is survived by a daughter, Lynn Bates of Orlando, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mr. Beach was born in Seville and was the owner and manager of Chippewa
Lake Park from 1936 to 1970.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 16, at 11 a.m., at the
Seville Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends following the
service in the church fellowship hall. Arrangements made by the Armstrong
Funeral Home in Seville. Rev. James Watt was officating clergyman.
From Chippewa Lake Chronicles by Sharon Kraynek: Parker Beach came to Chippewa Lake Park when he was a moth old and didn't leave the Medina Co. part until he was 64.
In between, he went from selling concessions to owning and operating the 95 acre amusement park and 165 acre lake.
Mr. Beach died Saturday in Florida from heart failure. He was 86.
Mr. Beach left Chippewa Lake Park in 1969, but his wife of 61 years said he still considered it home.
Parker Beach's father, Mac Beach, began leasing the park about 1900, putting in the first rides. Parker at age 12 and his brother Fred worked the park.
In 1934 the park went bankrupt, a victim of the Depression.
Beach once said he had $18 in his pocket that day in 1937, whe he bought the park for $3,500 at a sheriffs sale and agreed to pay the delinquent taxes and mortgages.
Besides his wife, Mr. Beach is survived by a daughter, Lynn Bates of Orlando, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
CHIPPEWA LAKE -- Parker Beach, died Feb. 1, 1992 in Lake Wales, Fla.
Mr. Beach was born in Seville and was the owner and manager of Chippewa
Lake Park from 1936 to 1970.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 16, at 11 a.m., at the
Seville Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends following the
service in the church fellowship hall. Arrangements made by the Armstrong
Funeral Home in Seville. Rev. James Watt was officating clergyman.
From Chippewa Lake Chronicles by Sharon Kraynek: Parker Beach came to Chippewa Lake Park when he was a moth old and didn't leave the Medina Co. part until he was 64.
In between, he went from selling concessions to owning and operating the 95 acre amusement park and 165 acre lake.
Mr. Beach died Saturday in Florida from heart failure. He was 86.
Mr. Beach left Chippewa Lake Park in 1969, but his wife of 61 years said he still considered it home.
Parker Beach's father, Mac Beach, began leasing the park about 1900, putting in the first rides. Parker at age 12 and his brother Fred worked the park.
In 1934 the park went bankrupt, a victim of the Depression.
Beach once said he had $18 in his pocket that day in 1937, whe he bought the park for $3,500 at a sheriffs sale and agreed to pay the delinquent taxes and mortgages.
Besides his wife, Mr. Beach is survived by a daughter, Lynn Bates of Orlando, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Mr. Beach was born in Seville and was the owner and manager of Chippewa
Lake Park from 1936 to 1970.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 16, at 11 a.m., at the
Seville Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends following the
service in the church fellowship hall. Arrangements made by the Armstrong
Funeral Home in Seville. Rev. James Watt was officating clergyman.
From Chippewa Lake Chronicles by Sharon Kraynek: Parker Beach came to Chippewa Lake Park when he was a moth old and didn't leave the Medina Co. part until he was 64.
In between, he went from selling concessions to owning and operating the 95 acre amusement park and 165 acre lake.
Mr. Beach died Saturday in Florida from heart failure. He was 86.
Mr. Beach left Chippewa Lake Park in 1969, but his wife of 61 years said he still considered it home.
Parker Beach's father, Mac Beach, began leasing the park about 1900, putting in the first rides. Parker at age 12 and his brother Fred worked the park.
In 1934 the park went bankrupt, a victim of the Depression.
Beach once said he had $18 in his pocket that day in 1937, whe he bought the park for $3,500 at a sheriffs sale and agreed to pay the delinquent taxes and mortgages.
Besides his wife, Mr. Beach is survived by a daughter, Lynn Bates of Orlando, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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