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ROCKVILLE- Joseph Thomas Parke, 77, of Rockville, Indiana passed away at 11:25 pm Tuesday, November 24, 2021 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. He retired from Sony. He was born July 17, 1944 in Pymore,England to the late Joseph Patrick Parke and Mary Elizabeth Conlon Parke.
Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Bridget Trabant Parke whom he married July 20, 1984 in Rockville; one grandson, Joseph Logan Parke; siblings, Karen Parke of Terre Haute, Kathleen Melio of Warwick, New York, and Patsy Albrechtsen of Queens, New York; many nieces and nephew and he was especially close to TJ, Laurie, Richard, Jay, Danny and Kylie. He was preceded in death by a son, Joseph Michael Parke, his sister, Maureen Giolia, and brother, Michael Parke.
He was a 1962 graduate of Rockville High School and graduated from Indiana State University with a bachelor degree in business administration. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Zorah Shriners, American Legion Rosedale Post 180, Amvets Post 61, Veterans of Foreign Wars Paul Taylor Post 1752 and Scottish Rites.
The family will host a celebration of life at a later date.
Arrangements entrusted to the care of Gooch Funeral Home & Crematory, Rockville.
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Jim Miller (1962)
Joe was a close friend all during junior high, high school, and at ISU. We had good times and bad, laughed a lot, and married young and within months of each other. We both worked at Donnelley's in Crawfordsville to make enough to start school at ISU, and worked all the way through but still found time to enjoy each other's company, along with our other Rockville buddies and wives. Joe and I drifted apart after college, mainly due to distance and different careers. I am saddened to learn of his passing. Jim Miller