Obituary of Florence Underwood

Carter-Ricks Funeral Homes Phone 573-898-2181 / Fax 573-898-3148 Newspaper Notice of Death Florence Park Underwood Funeral services for Florence Park Underwood of Western Springs, IL (formerly of Elsberry, MO) were held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 29, 2005 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry. Rev. Connie Atchley of the First Christian Church in Elsberry, MO, officiated with burial in the Elsberry City Cemetery. Pallbearers were Mike Talbot, Leslie Lonsberry, James Robinson, Dustin Robinson, Joe Giardina and Larry Vaughn. Honorary pallbearer was Gene Robinson. Mrs. Underwood, 98, died peacefully early Monday morning, July 25, 2005, with her son at her bedside, at Hinsdale Hospital in Hinsdale, IL, after a brief illness. Born October 16, 1906 near Dameron, MO, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late Perry Hence and Carrie Shuck Parks. Following graduation from Elsberry High School in 1925, she attended business school in St. Louis and was employed as a stenographer for Bell Telephone. She was united in marriage on September 12, 1936 in St. Louis, MO to Roger Douglas Underwood. This union was blessed with one child, Neal Roger Underwood. She was employed for many years as a secretary for the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in Illinois, and later as a cook at the Lyons Township School system in Western Springs, Illinois. Besides her parents, Perry and Carrie Parks, she was preceded in death by her dear sister, Mildred Robinson, who passed away on November 20, 1991; and her beloved husband of 23 years, Roger Underwood, who passed away on December 27, 1959. Survivors include one son, Neal Underwood of Arlington Heights, IL; one niece, Florence Edna Lonsberry of Elsberry, MO; one nephew, Gene Robinson and his wife, Beverly, of Elsberry; two great nephews: Leslie Lonsberry and his wife, Debbie, of Elsberry and James Robinson of St. Louis, MO; two great nieces: Peggy Talbot and her husband, Mike, of Elsberry, and Annette Giardina and her husband, Joe, of Elsberry; four great-great nieces; and one great-great-great nephew; several other relatives and friends. Visitation was held from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, July 28, 2005 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry. Memorials may be made to the Charity of Donor's Choice in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 South Fifth Street, Elsberry, MO 63343.