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Kathleen Parker

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Kathleen Parker

Birth
Death
29 Jan 1996 (aged 90–91)
Burial
Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Behind & East of Cathedral Mausoleum
Section 9
Left Section L-R Stacks 1-9 By Gate
Stack 4, (Near Gate)

Edna M. Parker 1885-1962
Judge Kathleen Parker 1905-1996

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PARKER, Kathleen (b. 1905, St. Paul, MN; d. January 29, 1996 – Court of the Apostles, NE1, column 4) Superior Court Judge for the city of Los Angeles. After high school Parker became a secretary at the Bank of Italy (now Bank of America) and later a legal secretary, making money to support her young son. She attended Southwest University and Pacific Coast University earning her degree in law. During World War II she worked as a naturalization examiner for the U.S. Dept. of Justice. Parker was appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court in 1957. She presided over several cases of rape, robbery, narcotics and a number of murder cases. She sentenced Elmer Geronimo Pratt, former Black Panther leader, to life imprisonment for the murder of a woman in Santa Monica. Officially retiring in 1975, Parker was back on the bench the next day in a special appointment and remained there until 1992.
Source: Tony Scott.
Behind & East of Cathedral Mausoleum
Section 9
Left Section L-R Stacks 1-9 By Gate
Stack 4, (Near Gate)

Edna M. Parker 1885-1962
Judge Kathleen Parker 1905-1996

* * * * * * * * *

PARKER, Kathleen (b. 1905, St. Paul, MN; d. January 29, 1996 – Court of the Apostles, NE1, column 4) Superior Court Judge for the city of Los Angeles. After high school Parker became a secretary at the Bank of Italy (now Bank of America) and later a legal secretary, making money to support her young son. She attended Southwest University and Pacific Coast University earning her degree in law. During World War II she worked as a naturalization examiner for the U.S. Dept. of Justice. Parker was appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court in 1957. She presided over several cases of rape, robbery, narcotics and a number of murder cases. She sentenced Elmer Geronimo Pratt, former Black Panther leader, to life imprisonment for the murder of a woman in Santa Monica. Officially retiring in 1975, Parker was back on the bench the next day in a special appointment and remained there until 1992.
Source: Tony Scott.


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