Grandma's 82nd Surprise Birthday Party, Video
We suprised Grandma with a birthday party (a few days earlier) up at Paul and Kathleen's cabin. View the video here (you'll need Quicktime 7, available here)
Grandpa's Funeral ~ September 2, 1986, Salt Lake City, Utah
Listen to Grandpa's funeral here. It consists of several mp3 files. You may click on each to hear it. Or you may right-click and select "Save Target As" and then save the file to an appropriate place on your hard drive.
Prelude Music, Judith Wirthlin Parker (1:04) (127 KB)
Welcome, Bishop Mack Hansen (5:51) (688 KB)
Opening Prayer, Thomas Rohlfing (2:19) (275 KB)
Talk, Thomas Oliver Parker (9:22) (1.07 MB)
Talk, Matthew Parker (3:18) (389 KB)
Talk, Laurel Rohlfing (10:07) (1.16 MB)
Musical Number, Parker Family Grandchildren (2:18) (271 KB)
Talk, Ted Wilson (12:01) (1.37 MB)
Talk, Keith Smith (10:51) (1.24 MB)
Musical Number, Parker Sons-in-Law (2:51) (337 KB)
Remarks, Bishop Mack Hansen (3:08) (369 KB)
Conclusion, Bishop Mack Hansen (1:38) (195 KB)
Closing Prayer, Paul Newton (1:55) (217 KB)
Postlude Music, Judith Wirthlin Parker (2:55) (344 KB)
Ed Parker's Memories
In November of 1980, Bill gave Grandpa a tape recorder and asked him to record his life history. Sadly, the quality of this recording was not excellent, but you should still get an great sense of his life. Plus you can hear his own voice. We're glad we got this tape preserved before it got any worse!
Birth, Siblings (1:46) (313 KB)
Childhood, Baptism (1:50) (326 KB)
Friends, Primary, School, Sports (6:19) (1.08 MB)
Friends, Scouting, Church, College, Navy, Barbara, WWII (6:26) (1.10 MB)
Children, School, High School, Sports (3:27) (610 KB)
Post-War: School, Teaching, Harvard, Children, School Admin, Stake Mission (5:00) (881 KB)
Career, City Council, Church Callings (4:37) (814 KB)
Friends, Barbara, Courtship, Career, Wedding, Honeymoon (5:55) (1.01 MB)
Home after War, U-Cal (2:31) (445 KB)
Homes, Church (3:30) (617 KB)
Parents, George Proctor Parker, Nellie Oliver Parker (9:06) (1.56 MB)
Brothers, Alton and Tom Parker, Sisters Irma and Dorothy, Parents (4:15) (750 KB)
Conventions, Trips, Friends, Clubs, Children (4:42) (830 KB)
Testimony (3:03) (539 KB)
Total Time: 62:29
Big Grandma's Children's Songs
Grandma (Barbara Gunn) and her sister Mary Lou were asked this last year to sing some of their favorite songs which were sung to them by their great grandmother, Fanny Lloyd Woodruff. They called her their "Big" grandma because they were confused about the meaning of the word "Great Grandma." They used to say, "are we going to visit our little or big grandma?" This is the recording they made.
Alive, Alive, Alive, O, (1:13) (145 KB)
Naughty Jack, (:38) (77 KB)
I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard, (1:08) (136 KB)
Bye Low My Baby, (:44) (90 KB)
Here Comes the Sandman, (1:05) (129 KB)
Grandma's Talk, BYU Women's Conference 2003
"She Hath Been a Succourer of Many"
Here's Grandma's talk given at BYU Women's Conference. (9:54) (1.2 MB)