Joyce Ann (Lowe) Parker Obituary (1952 - 2022)

Joyce Ann Parker, 69, passed away suddenly on February 2, 2022, at Greenwood Healthcare, Greenwood, Indiana, where she has been staying for a few months. She was born in Rensselaer, Indiana on September 6, 1952, the daughter of Arthur William and Leona May (Madison) Lowe. She grew up in Marocco, Indiana and attended North Newton High School. Joyce was the seventh of seven sisters and one brother. In 1973, Joyce was living and working at adime store in Goodland, Indiana, where she met Vernon Wood. In 1974, in Morocco, Indiana, they married. She had three children from that marriage, daughter, Amy Wood: sons, Scott (April) and Tim (Jamie) Wood. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Leona Lowe; sisters, Jean (Jack) Lasley and Betty (Bill) Dowty; husband, Vernon Wood. Around the end of 2000, she met an Englishman, online, Colin Parker, from the UK. They formed a relationship online, and after daily phone calls and frequent meetings in person, he came to Indiana and they were married, at home, in Vermilion County, Indiana in 2005. Together with Amy, Colin and Joyce moved to Wingate, Indiana in 2010. Joyce is survived by her husband, Colin Parker; sisters, Judith (Mike) Cobleigh, Joan (Leo) Burris, Jennie (Jerry) Kellner, and Nancy (Jim) Ingram; her three children; grandchildren, Skylar (Eli) Raplee, Austin, Jenifer, Timmy Wood, Ethan, and Elijah Appel; three great grandchildren, that she greatly adored, with one more on the way. Also survived by several nieces and nephews and their children. In the UK, she has seven stepchildren and eleven step grandchildren, with two more on the way. A celebration of Joyce's life will be held at 12:00pm on Friday, February 11, 2022, at Sunset Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Covington, Indiana, 420 3rd St, Covington, Indiana 47932. A visitation will be held from 10:00am to 12:00pm at the funeral home prior to the service. she will be laid to rest in Lower Mounds Cemetery in Covington. Please join her family in sharing memories, photos and videos on her tribute wall at www.sunsetfuneralhome.com. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Joyce, please visit our floral store.