Parker, Glenna Bishop
1940 — 2015

Glenna Parker, also known as Grandma Newf, left us Aug. 26, 2015 at age 29 (as she always said) after a battle with cancer, in which she won eight more years on this Earth. Glenna left us to be with the Angels in which she loved. She will always be remembered for her strength and her sense of humour from which her nickname is derived. Glenna is survived by her husband of 54 years, Allan; daughters Nicky (Dan) Jones, Alanna (Todd) Carbno; grandchildren Corey, Cole, Alexa, Myles, Logan, and her pride, great-granddaughter Alivia Jones; sisters Laura (Frank) Blundell (Gander, N.L.), Donna West (Vancouver), Georgina (Fraser) Collins (Kingston, Ont.); brothers Clyde (April) Bishop (Trenton, Ont.), Brian (Mary) Bishop (Goose Bay, Labrador), Derek (Lindsey) Bishop (St. John’s, N.L.), predeceased by mother and father Clarence and Lillian Bishop, brother Clarence Jr. (Gander, N.L.) and brother-in-law Ted (West Vancouver).
Born June 15, 1940 to Clarence and Lillian Bishop in St. John’s, N.L. She went to school and grew up in Gander, N.L., and married Allan Parker on April 8, 1960. Together they lived in Gander, N.L., Chatham, N.B., Sioux Lookout, Ont., Bear River, N.S., Hanley, Sask., and finally Saskatoon, Sask., in 2013. Glenna worked as a custodian at Hanley Composite School for 29 years and three months. Glenna lived life with a selfless attitude to all. If she held you in her heart, you did not forget that you were there.
Family wishes special thanks to staff of the Cancer Centre, Hemodialysis Unit, P.D. Home Dialysis Unit, and staff of sixth floor Med St. Paul’s for their loving care. For those wishing memorial donations may be directed to “Provincial Blood and Marrow Transplant Program for Multiple Myeloma.”
Funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 7, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hanley Community Hall with Pastor Kristin Soveran presiding. Hanson’s Funeral Home of Davidson was in care of arrangements.