Dorothy Ellen West

1917 - 2002  (85 years)

• Name	Dorothy Ellen West
  Nickname	DOT
  Born	17 Mar 1917	St. John's, Newfoundland
  		Dorothy Ellen West birth certificate
  Gender	Female
  Died	3 Apr 2002
  	IN LOVING MEMORY OF DOROTHY ELLEN PARKER 1917-2002 It is with deep sadness that the family announces the death of our Mother and Grandmother Dorothy Ellen Parker on April 3, 2002 at Central Park Lodge Nursing Home. Dorothy was born in St. John's Newfoundland on March 17, 1917. She married Thomas Gordon Parker in 1942 and moved to Port Arthur. She was predeceased by her parents Elisha and Mary Emma West, her husband Thomas, January 3, 1969, sons Thomas Billard, March 10, 1978 and Doug Billard, June 24, 2001, brothers Peter, Tom, Alex and Ron, sisters Blanche, Molly and Beatrice. She leaves to mourn her passing her children, Linda Gifford (Don) of East Selkirk, Manitoba, twin sons Tom Parker (Fran), Joe Parker (Janet), daughter Sharon Ulvang (Paul), son Ken Parker and one brother Douglas West (Kay) of Buffalo, N.Y. , grandchildren Kathy Curran of Oshawa, Ont. , Michael of Toronto, Kim Krupa of Edmonton, Lee Lavallee of East Selkirk, Manitoba, and Allen Gifford of Winnipeg, Kevyn Parker of Calgary, Kourtney Parker of Toronto, Kyle Ulvang, Stephanie, Brittany and Jennifer Parker of Thunder Bay and 4 great grandchildren David, Kadessa, Charity and Tanner. Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 8th at 2:00 p.m. in the Sargent & Son Funeral Chapel, 21 N. Court Street, with Rev. Randy Boyd of Trinity United Church officiating. Interment to follow in Riverside Cemetery. Visitation for friends will be for 1 hour prior to service time. As expressions of sympathy memorials to the Northern Cancer Research Foundation would be appreciated. Special thanks to the staff off Central Park Lodge, especially, Karen Parker, Carol Reinett, Carol Culhane, Liz Pervais and Lisa Pantti for 8 years of wonderful care. A Mother's Love Is A Blessing No Matter Where You Roam Love Her While She's Living You Will Miss Her When She's Gone Love her children" Source: Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal April 5, 2002
  Person ID	I998	West & Park Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Elisha West,   b. 18 Jan 1885, Ladle Cove, Newfoundland ,   d. 27 Oct 1954, St. John's, Newfoundland  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary Emma Lush,   b. 12 Apr 1888, Brigus, Newfoundland ,   d. 8 Apr 1950, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Married	17 Nov 1909	George Street United Church, St. John's, Newfoundland
  		Elisha West and Maud Lush marriage certificate, 1909
  Documents		Maud Lush & Elisha West marriage
  Family ID	F297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Edgar Billard
  Married	1936
  Divorced	yes  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Thomas George Billard,   b. 12 Mar 1936, St. John's, Newfoundland ,   d. 10 Mar 1978  (Age 41 years) + 2. Douglas Harold Billard,   b. 10 Mar 1939, St. John's, Newfoundland ,   d. 24 Jun 2001  (Age 62 years)
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2023
  Family ID	F369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Thomas Gordon Parker,   b. 16 Jul 1918, Schreiber, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jan 1969, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Married	1942
  Children	+ 1. Dorothy LINDA Mary Parker + 2. Thomas Vernon Parker,   b. 24 Nov 1948, Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 31 Jul 2016  (Age 67 years) + 3. Joseph Alexander Parker,   b. 25 Nov 1948, Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada + 4. Sharon Blanche Parker   5. Kenneth Nelson Parker
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 17 Mar 1917 - St. John's, Newfoundland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Maud West with some of her children taken 1936 or 1937

  
  

  Documents		1935 Census of Newfoundland District of St John's West
  		1945 Census, Empire Ave West

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Linda Gifford.