Redvers Basil ‘Reg’ Parker
1933-2019
PARKER, Redvers Basil
“Reg” -Age 85, of Canso. Passed
away peacefully Sunday, January 27, 2019, at home.
Born in Canso on December 16, 1933, he was a son of the late
Basil Anthony Parker and Margaret (Fitzgerald) Parker. In the
1950’s he served in the Black Watch and later worked at
Fruehauf Trailers in Ontario as a material handler. During his
retirement years, he spent his time puttering around the yard
repairing and building things and tending his garden or just hanging
outside with the family pup in the sun.
Reg is survived and will be sadly missed by his wife of 62
years, Margaret (Ryan) Parker, his only son David Stephen Parker and
wife Roberta (Ring) Parker, his brothers Ernie (Loretta) and Frank
(Cathy), his sisters, Mable Dort, Marge Hamer, Rita Johnson,
Jean (Ernest) Jensen, his granddaughter, Sarah Parker;
grandson, Shaun Parker, step grandson, Stephen Seaman, his 5 great
grandchildren, Michaela, Morgan, Marshall, Sebastian, and Cassidy and
several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by brothers, James and Mike; sisters,
Geraldine (Horne), Eva (Gordon) and Bertha (Baker).
Visitation will be held on Sunday from 2-8 p.m. in Dennis
Haverstock Funeral Home, Canso. Funeral service will be 11
a.m. Monday from Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church with burial
immediately following in the Star of the Sea Parish Cemetery.
Reception to follow in the Canso Lions Club.
A special thank you to the nurses and doctors at St.
Martha’s Regional Hospital, Antigonish especially to RN
Caitlyn in the ICU unit: also Dr. Dobek, Dr. Sullivan and the nurses
and staff at the Eastern Memorial Hospital, Canso.
Donations can be made to the Heart & Stroke
Foundation. Words of comfort may be forwarded to the family at www.haverstocks.com
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Redvers Basil ‘Reg’ Parker 19332019..
Dennis Haverstocks funeral homes
Death notice for the town of: Canso, Province: Nova Scotia