Obituary for RODNEY L. ''''ROD'''' PARSON
PARSON, RODNEY L. “ROD”
LATE OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, FORMERLY OF OAK LAWN, ILLINOIS WAS TAKEN FROM US UNEXPECTEDLY ON FEBRUARY 1, 2007 AT AGE 77
BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE LATE GENEVIEVE “JEAN” nee NIZICH PARSON OF 55 YEARS WHO HAD JUST LOST HER BATTLE WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE LAST NOVEMBER.
LOVING DAD OF MARK & BRIAN PARSON, LISA (STEPHEN) COHEN & LAURA (ROBERT) MAYER.
PROUD & ADORING GRANDPA OF MARK JR. (ELIZABETH) PARSON, MELISSA (MATTHEW) SHOCKLEY, MICHELLE PARSON, ALLISON COHEN, MADISON, CASEY & ELLA MAYER.
CHERISHED GREAT GRANDFATHER OF HANNA SHOCKLEY.
DEAR BROTHER OF THE LATE VIOLET & GERALD.
VISITATION WEDNESDAY FROM 4 TO 9 P.M.
FUNERAL THURSDAY 9:00 A.M. FROM THE ROBERT J. SHEEHY & SONS FUNERAL HOME, 9000 W. 151ST STREET, ORLAND PARK TO ST. GERALD CHURCH, MASS 10:00 A.M.
INTERMENT ST. MARY CEMETERY
ROD WAS A LIFELONG SPORTS FAN FROM FLEMING, KENTUCKY WHO SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN CHICAGO ONLY TO RETURN TO THE SOUTH A DECADE AGO. AN AIR FORCE VETERAN WHO NEVER KNEW A STRANGER WAS LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE AMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION FOUNDATION, P.O. BOX 515, NORTHAMPTON, MA 01061-0515 (413-268-7660) OR www.macular.org
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