Toby A. Parks
Born: Mon., Feb. 2, 1948
Died: Tue., Oct. 11, 2011
Visitation
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Thu., Oct. 13, 2011
Location: Murphy-Parks Funeral Home
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, Fri., Oct. 14, 2011
Location: Victory Fellowship Church of God
Funeral Service
10:00 AM Fri., Oct. 14, 2011
Location: Victory Fellowship Church of God
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Toby A. Parks, 63, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, at Major Hospital.
Born Feb. 2, 1948, in Union City, he was the son of Robert F. and Peggy (Moore) Parks. He was married to Mary Brown for 19 years, and she survives.
Other survivors include sons, Jeff Parks of Winchester, John Scharf of Manchester, N.Y., and Jim Scharf of New York; daughters, Dawn Beisner of Greenville, Ohio, and Brandy Bercaw of Union City, Ohio; brother, Robert Parks Jr.; sisters, Diana Parks and Jan Parks-Brown; and 12 grandchildren.
Mr. Parks was a supervisor at Shares Inc.
He set several school records in basketball at Union City High School.
Toby enjoyed writing and attending Victory Fellowship Church of God.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Murphy-Parks Funeral Service and Crematory, 703 S. Harrison St., and from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at Victory Fellowship Church of God, 2535 S. Miller St.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the church, with the Rev. Mark Joplin officiating.
Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the Union City Cemetery in Union City.
Memorial contributions honoring Toby may be made to Shelby County Cancer Association, P.O. Box 844, Shelbyville IN 46176.
An online guest book may be signed at www.murphyparks.com.
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Pat Bergen
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Posted Thu October 13, 2011
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I worked closely with Toby at WAP. His knowledge of his work was qreatly appreciated and I miss him terribly. He was always there to help me and give his insite on on anything that arose.God bless this Strong Silent Brave man and his family in this time of Their and Our sorrows.
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John and Barbara Scharf
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Posted Thu October 13, 2011
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Mary - Sorry to hear of your recent loss of Toby. I have loads of good memories of him when we worked together at Kissel Die Casting in Batavia. He was one nice fellow and will be sadly missed even though I haven't seen him in years. Our prayers are with him and you in dealing with your loss.
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Juanita Patterson
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Posted Thu October 13, 2011
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Mary,
I just talked to you in the lobby @ the hospital, and we prayed for Tody,
Because my husband has brain cancer as well, My prayers go out to you for the loss of you husband, Please call me for any thing 317-604-5480 The Lord led me to you that day I was thinking about you I wanted to pray with you when I heard about Toby, God Bless you and your family I am still praying for you, If I can help in anyway Please call me, Juanita Patterson,
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Travis Mayfield
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Posted Thu October 20, 2011
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Its a small world.I worked with Toby and his dad Bob at Sheller =Globe in Union City good people my condolences to Tobys family. only live a few miles away in Morristown I wish I had known Toby was in Shelbyville.
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