PARKER R BIERY, 87, BRADENTON, FL. PASSED QUIETLY AUGUST 19, 2022 AND IS NOW WITH OUR LOVING LORD JESUS CHRIST. PARKER WAS BORN IN ALLENTOWN, PA ON JANUARY 10,1935.

PREDECEASED WERE PARENTS PARKER R BIERY AND MARGARET T DAVIDSON AND SISTER PHYLLIS SITLER.

PARKER SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE AND SERVED FROM 1953 TO 1957. AFTERWARDS HE THEN ATTENDED PENN STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE. WITH KNOWLEDGE OF GREENS CARE AND LOVE OF GOLF HE BECAME GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT AT EAGLE LODGE IN PA. (NEAR PHILA.).

PARKER ALSO WORKED FOR TORO SELLING GOLF EQUIPMENT AND EVENTUALLY HE AND SON MARK BOUGHT, SOLD AND REPARIED GOLF EQUIPMANT. IN 1999 BUILT BEAUTIFUL 9 HOLE GOLF COURSE "WALNUT ACRES" WITH HELP OF FAMILY IN HAMBURG, PA.

HIS RETIREMENT AND LOVE FOR GOLF ALLOWED HIM TO PLAY 3 TO 4 TIMES A WEEK. HE AND HIS BUDDIES PLAYED POKER ONE OR TWO TIMES A WEEK. HE ENJOYED CRUISING, CASINOS, DINING OUT WITH FRIENDS/FAMILY AND HOME ENTERTAINING PLAYING DOMINOS AND OF COURSE THE BEACH.

ATTENDING CHURCH AT CHRISTIAN RETREAT AND HAPPY GOSPEL PRIOR TO COVID.

PARKER IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING, DEVOTED WIFE JUDY. PARKER WAS BLESSED WITH 4 CHILDREN. JEFFREY (DEBBIE), MARK (JILL), DIANE KIBLER (GODFREY) ALL OF PA. CHRIS (BRENDA) DUNEDIN, FL. STEPSONS TOM LYONS (RENEE) NJ, MIKE LYONS (KIM) PA. GRANDCHILDREN: TWINS: CERISSA MANTZ (LYLE). ROBERT KIBLER II (ANNE), MARK II, JAZMIN, TIMOTHY, CIARA KIBLER (PREDECEASED HER GRANDFATHER AT 13 YEARS OLD). MATTHEW (HEATHER), TAYLOR ALDINGER (MITCHELL), JEREMIAH KIBLER, MARIA, LUCAS. STEP GRANDCHILDREN TOMMY (SHELLY), TRISHA, BROOKE, MICHAEL AND OLIVIA. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN KAYSON MANTZ, WYATT ALDINGER, JUNE ALDINGER, GRANT BIERY, ROBERT KIBLER III, GREAT STEP CHILDREN PEYTON LYONS, PAIGE LYONS.

INTERNMENT WILL BE AT SARASOTA MEMORIAL CEMETERY. DATE OF SERVICE NOT YET SCHEDULED.