Mary Louise
“Louie” Parker
Of Arlington Heights
Mary Louise “Louie”
(nee Parrott) Parker
was born December 2,
1947 in
Campbellsville,
Kentucky to Joseph
Durret and Mary Jane
(nee Lyle) Parrott.
She went to be with
the Lord Jesus
Christ July 30, 2008
at her home, after a
long and courageous
battle with
inflammatory breast
cancer.
Mrs. Parker was a DJ
and production
director for WYEN
radio in Des
Plaines, IL. She was
a publicity manager
and Chicago TV host
for the March of
Dimes. She also
served as director
of marketing for
Christianity Today
International, in
Carol Stream, IL.
Mary Louise is
survived by her
beloved husband
Ernest Malcolm
Parker, whom she
married October 6,
1984 in Des Plaines;
her children John
Malcolm (Micah)
Parker of Columbia,
MO, Robert Leonard
Watson II of
Palatine, Kathy Ann
(Todd) Bruce of
Wayzata, MN and John
Durrett Watson of
Palatine,IL; her
grandchildren Kyla,
Evan, Ruby, Hazel
and McKenna; her
siblings Joyce
Dougherty, Alan
Parrott, Joseph
Parrott, Elizabeth
Singleton and Thomas
Parrott.
She is preceded in
death by her
parents.
Visitation Friday
August 1, 2008, from
3 PM until 9 PM, at
the Glueckert
Funeral Home, 1520
N. Arlington Heights
Rd.,(four blocks
south of Palatine
Rd.) Arlington
Heights and Saturday
at Golf Road Baptist
Church, 501 W. Golf
Road, Des Plaines,
IL, from 9:30 AM
until the time of
service at 10 AM.
In lieu of flowers
memorials may be
given to.
Inflammatory Breast
Cancer Research
Foundation 321 High
School Road NE Ste.,
D3 #149, Bainbridge
Island, WA 98110-
2648 or Hospice of
Northeastern
Illinois, 410 S.
Hager, Barrington,
IL 60010