July 30, 2005

BENTON, Ark. - Iva Louise Park, 74, died July 28, 2005, at the UMA Trauma Center in Little Rock. Born Jan. 18, 1931, in Townley, Mo., she was the daughter of the late Elva Molinza and Iva Lee Dye Wakefield. In January 1973, in St. Louis, Mo., she married Gerald Briggs who preceded her in death. She later married Charles Park on May 2, 1993, in St. Louis. He also preceded her in death...

BENTON, Ark. - Iva Louise Park, 74, died July 28, 2005, at the UMA Trauma Center in Little Rock.

Born Jan. 18, 1931, in Townley, Mo., she was the daughter of the late Elva Molinza and Iva Lee Dye Wakefield.

In January 1973, in St. Louis, Mo., she married Gerald Briggs who preceded her in death. She later married Charles Park on May 2, 1993, in St. Louis. He also preceded her in death.

Survivors include: three sisters, Maxine Walker of Bernie, Mo., and Delores Caudle and Judy Watson of Benton; and 15 nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery near Dexter, Mo. The Rev. Ron Dunavin of Bernie will officiate.

Watkins and Sons Funeral Home of Dexter is in charge of local arrangements.

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