GEORGE PARKER. Enjoyed a long life and will remain in the hearts of his family and friends. Born in Massachusetts, he attended Catholic school, but he had to drop out in 10th grade to support his widowed mother. He became a welder and worked in the shipyards where he met and fell in love with Alice Rogers, who became his beloved wife for 61 years. George and Alice were married in Detroit in 1950 where he had moved for job opportunities as an iron worker in the late 1940s. George was a machinist at Federal Mogul for 17 years and never missed a day of work. He was a devoted and caring father, grandfather and great grandfather. He enjoyed playing checkers with his children and grandchildren. His son George, Jr., became a checker champion. George enjoyed family get-togethers, John Wayne movies, roasted Spanish peanuts from Sears, milkshakes from Cunningham's Drug Store, pet cats and dogs and he was a good provider. George was an extremely good, honest person, prone to worry because of his sincere concern for everyone. He did enjoy telling jokes to his kids and grandkids. They all remember "Mister Spider". He is missed.