PARKER, Sherry Lee

(Maiden Name: Fore)


The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, May 3, 2006 Sherry Lee (Fore) Parker of Prescott, age 60, daughter of Dick and Sybil Fore, died of cancer on Friday April 28, 2006, at her home. Born in Wins1ow, Ariz. Sherry worked as an English and Drama teacher in Ridgecrest, Calif., for 28 years. She was educated in Winslow public schools and was a graduate of Northern Arizona University, with a Masters Degree from Roosevelt University in Chicago. Survivors include her husband Russell Parker; two children, Aaron Parker of Yelm, Wash., and Susan Burgess of Ridgecrest, Calif.; two sisters, Dixie Irvine of Prescott and Laura Fore-Guendel of Phoenix; her mother Sybil Fore of Camp Verde; three nieces; one nephew; a grandniece and grandnephew. The Reverend Sam Hosler will officiate at a Prescott memorial service in celebration of her life at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, 2006, in the Elks Opera House, East Gurley Street, Prescott, Ariz. Another memorial will take place at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 21, 2006, in the Parker Performing Arts Center, Burroughs High School, Ridgecrest, Calif. Memorial contributions in her memory may be made to the Parker Scholarship Fund, c/o B Mountain Foundation, Burroughs High School, 500 E. French Ave., Ridgecrest, CA 93555. Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home assisted the family with the arrangements. Information provided by survivors.