Class of 1959
Logansport High School
Logansport, Indiana

Rita Marie Baer Parkins
August 17,1941 - August 17, 2005

     Services for Rita M. Parkins, 64, of Logansport, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Gundrum Funeral Home.
     She died at 7:16 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2005, in her residence.
     Born Aug. 17, 1941, in Logansport, she was the daughter of George E. and Zella Cress Baer.  She was married April 15, 1962, in Galveston, to Thomas J. Parkins, who survives.
     Mrs. Parkins was retired from Grissom Air Reserve Base as an office assistant.
     She enjoyed golfing, bowling and bingo.  She also enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.
     Surviving are one son, Thomas J. Parkins Jr. and his wife, Kimberly, Schaumburg, Ill.; one daughter, Tamera Jane Helvie and her husband, Gregory, Walton; three sisters, Mary Kay Emery, Evelyn Byers and her husband, Gary, and Marcella Rist and her husband, Don, all of Logansport; three brothers, Emery Baer and his wife, Arlene, Allen Baer and his wife, Rita, and Robert Baer and his wife, Marilyn, all of Logansport; five grandchildren, Johnathan, Joshua, Tyler, Jeanna and Steffi; several nieces and nephews; and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
     One brother, Benjamin Baer, and one sister, Luila Berkshire, preceded in death.
     Pastor Keith Schreffler will officiate at the services. Burial will be in Ever-Rest Memorial Park.
     Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home.
     Memorial contributions may be made to the Guardian Angel Hospice and to the American Cancer Association. (8-19-05)