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Verlin Parker

[February 18, 2014]  LINCOLN — Verlin Parker, 88, of Lincoln, died Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, at 2:15 p.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

(Below is a copy of the obituary from the funeral home.)

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LINCOLN- Verlin Parker, 88, of Lincoln passed away at 2:15 p.m. Monday, February 17, 2014 at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln, IL.

Verlin was born November 2, 1925 in Danville, Indiana, the son of Floyd V. and Elsie Hughes Parker. He married Zelma C. Humphress August 31, 1946 in Clermont, IN. She survives in Lincoln.

Verlin is survived by two sons: Rick (April) Parker of Rockford; Jeff (Connie) Parker of Lincoln; one daughter: Becky (Eric) Radecki of Greenwood, IN; one daughter-in-law: Adella Parker of Lane, IL; twelve grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild; one sister: Lucille (Owen) Stamper of Paris, TN. He was preceded in death by one son: Mike Parker.

Verlin was a retired teacher, minister, and Business Administrator. He farmed in Indiana after graduating from Pittsboro High School in 1944; graduated from Lincoln Bible Institute in 1957; held student ministries in Easton, Beardstown and East St. Louis, Illinois; Ministered with the Texas Christian Church of Clinton, IL from 1959-1985; was an instructor in New Testament Greek at Lincoln Christian College from 1959-1965; Served in the Business Administration of the College from 1963-2002. He was a member of several evaluation teams for the Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges; was an organizer and first president of the Logan County Schools Federal Credit Union; Served for some time as the treasurer of the College Alumni Association and received an Alumni Restoration Award in the Field of Higher Christian Education in 1975. He was a member of Lincoln Christian Church and The Christian Corner Bible School Class.

Services for Verlin will be Friday, February 21, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Lincoln Christian Church with Ron Otto officiating. Burial will follow services at Zion Cemetery, Lincoln. Visitation will be Thursday from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Lincoln Christian Church. All arrangements were entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln. Memorials may be made in Verlin's memory to Lincoln Christian University or Lincoln Christian Church.