IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Jack Glen
Parcher
April 7, 1924 – June 17, 2009
Obituary
Jack Glen Parcher of Blackwell, Oklahoma, died Wednesday afternoon, June 17, 2009, in the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home in Blackwell at the age of 85 years.
Jack Glen Parcher was born April 7, 1924 to Goldie Pearl Toepfer and Glen Parcher in Blackwell, Oklahoma. The family moved to White Deer, Texas where Jack enjoyed his growing years, graduating from White Deer High School in 1941.
In 1943 Jack entered the United States Army where he became an instructor in the maintenance of armor at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He moved on to serve as a part of the testing unit for motorized amphibious vehicles designed for use in the Normandy invasion and proudly drove the very first test jeep into the water. Jack was later transferred to Europe where he was assigned to Headquarters Company, 1156 Combat Engineering Group and served under the command of General George S. Patton and his famous drive across France into Germany.
Following his discharge from the Army in 1946, Jack returned to Blackwell where he began a 55 year farming career. In 1946 from the seat of his Harley, which he made several cross country trips on, he met Bernadene Briggs of Blackwell from which began a 59 year marriage. Jack and Bernie have three children, 9 nine grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
Jack is survived by his wife Bernadene of the home; three children and their spouses, James Jay Parcher and Lisa Parcher of Atlanta, Georgia, Jacqueline Lynn Parcher Reed and David Reed of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Carl William Parcher and Rena Parcher of Braman, Oklahoma; nine grandchildren, Kent Parcher, Sarah Reed, Jon Reed and wife Melissa, Eric Reed and wife Kelly, Matthew Parcher, Kelly Parcher, Christopher Parcher, Jacob Parcher, Erikah Parcher and four great grandchildren.
He is also survived by three sisters, Marilyn Turner, Sue Ann Roberts and Billie Garner; and cousins, Max and Carolyn Moore and Bebe Jo and Cliff Bass.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Bob Parcher.
Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 20th in the Braman Cemetery with the Rev. Eric Dittman of the First Presbyterian Church in Blackwell, officiating. Burial will follow in the Braman Cemetery with military rites performed by the Blackwell American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Honorary pallbearers will be all of Jack's good friends and neighbors, too many to choose only a few.
Jack Glen Parcher was born April 7, 1924 to Goldie Pearl Toepfer and Glen Parcher in Blackwell, Oklahoma. The family moved to White Deer, Texas where Jack enjoyed his growing years, graduating from White Deer High School in 1941.
In 1943 Jack entered the United States Army where he became an instructor in the maintenance of armor at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He moved on to serve as a part of the testing unit for motorized amphibious vehicles designed for use in the Normandy invasion and proudly drove the very first test jeep into the water. Jack was later transferred to Europe where he was assigned to Headquarters Company, 1156 Combat Engineering Group and served under the command of General George S. Patton and his famous drive across France into Germany.
Following his discharge from the Army in 1946, Jack returned to Blackwell where he began a 55 year farming career. In 1946 from the seat of his Harley, which he made several cross country trips on, he met Bernadene Briggs of Blackwell from which began a 59 year marriage. Jack and Bernie have three children, 9 nine grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
Jack is survived by his wife Bernadene of the home; three children and their spouses, James Jay Parcher and Lisa Parcher of Atlanta, Georgia, Jacqueline Lynn Parcher Reed and David Reed of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Carl William Parcher and Rena Parcher of Braman, Oklahoma; nine grandchildren, Kent Parcher, Sarah Reed, Jon Reed and wife Melissa, Eric Reed and wife Kelly, Matthew Parcher, Kelly Parcher, Christopher Parcher, Jacob Parcher, Erikah Parcher and four great grandchildren.
He is also survived by three sisters, Marilyn Turner, Sue Ann Roberts and Billie Garner; and cousins, Max and Carolyn Moore and Bebe Jo and Cliff Bass.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Bob Parcher.
Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 20th in the Braman Cemetery with the Rev. Eric Dittman of the First Presbyterian Church in Blackwell, officiating. Burial will follow in the Braman Cemetery with military rites performed by the Blackwell American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Honorary pallbearers will be all of Jack's good friends and neighbors, too many to choose only a few.
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