Memorial set for Parker

LORRAINE R. PARKER

Lorraine R. Parker, formerly of Laguna Beach, died Saturday, Feb.

19 at the age of 83.

She was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 26, 1921, the oldest of two children.

In 1947, she married and moved to Pasadena. In 1961 she moved to

Laguna Beach, where she raised her three children and worked for the

Hotel Laguna and the finance department for the city of Laguna Beach.

She is credited with creating the design of the Laguna Beach city

bus.

Mrs. Parker was a parishioner of St. Catherine’s Catholic Church

in Laguna Beach and the Mission Church in San Juan Capistrano.

In 1993, after heart surgery, she moved to Maine to live with her

daughter, Kathy. There she volunteered at Maine General Medical

Center making hand embroidered faces on dolls that are passed out to

patients.

She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary No. 407 and the

Red Hat Society, Lupine Ladies.

She is survived by her daughters Sally and Kathy; son, Spelts

“Sparky” Parker, Jr; grandson Michael; and brother, James Hodonicky

of Woodridge, Illinois.

Friends and family are invited to join a memorial service at

Heisler Park on the green overlooking the ocean in Laguna Beach,

Friday, March 11 at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be sent to Mission

Hospital Cardiology Program, 27700 Medical Center Road, Mission

Viejo, California 92691-6426.