Mary L. Parks (Osenbaugh)

Mary L. (Osenbaugh) Parks, 72, Independence, MO passed away on June 25, 2017 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Services will be 2 pm, Friday, June 30 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO 64055; cremation. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the chapel. In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions to the Journeyman Class at Christ United Methodist Church, 14506 East 39th St S, Independence, MO 64055.
Mary was born in Centerville, IA Oct. 27, 1944, the first of two children of Raymond and Florence (Davis) Osenbaugh. She graduated from Russell High School in 1962 and earned a B.S. degree from CMSU in 1972. During her career she served as director of Medical Records at Comprehensive Mental Health Services for seventeen years before retiring from Truman Lakewood Hospital in 2010. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and served as Historian for 2 years. She liked to go to the beach and read a good mystery.
Mary was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband Lawrence “Larry” Parks; son Daniel Parks and wife Carolyn; daughter Elizabeth Holloway and husband Andy; brother Roger Osenbaugh and wife Vicky; grandchildren Sarah and Nathan and many cousins, nieces and nephews.