Algia R. Parks

Funeral services will be held at 1 PM Sunday, February 18th, at the Lane Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel for Algia R. Parks, 87 of Niles formerly of Liberty Twp., and Youngstowns North Side, who passed away Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Trumbull Memorial Hospital with her loved ones by her side. Algia was born August 5, 1930 in Knoxville, TN., the daughter of Clarence C. and Eva (Smith) Burchfield and came to the Youngstown area at the age of 12. She worked in her mothers beauty shop in Warren and also at the North Jackson Farm. Algia also worked as a home caregiver and was active with the senior citizens and an advocate in the 80s and 90s, often traveling to Washington DC on their behalf. She was a homemaker, loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother. Algia married George P. Parks on April 24, 1947. George passed away May 20, 1990. She was a member of the Boardman Democratic Womens Club and a member of AARP. Algia was also a former member of Dorothy Ryan - North Side Senior Citizens Group and was a former precinct committee woman in Youngstown. She described her hobbies as reading, watching tv and talking on the phone. She was always ready to lend a sympathetic ear to help her family and others with advice. Her true love was family and family gatherings. Algia loved to cook large meals and enjoyed a good cup of coffee and talking about news and current events. She also enjoyed going to Mountaineer and Hollywood gaming. She leaves five children, Raymond (Gloria) Parks of Garfield Heights, Dennis (Beverly) Parks of Liberty, Cynthia (Richard) Ward of Kinsman, Colleen (Cyril) DeChant of Girard, and Daniel (Leanne) Parks of Youngstown, 11 grandchildren, Regina, Rachel (Jeff), Jeffrey, Gregory, Bradley (Melissa), Danielle (John), Jacqueline, Theresa (Terry), Deborah, Natalie, and Sidney, and 12 great grandchildren, Samantha, Chelsea, Robert, TJ, George, Austin, Monica, Jordan, Gianna, Kyrene, Liam, and Oliver. Algia also leaves one great-great grandchild Cayson, one brother, Victor (Corinne) Burchfield of Oregon, and several nieces and nephews, as well as many friends at Shepherd of the Valley in Niles, where she called home for the past four years. Besides her parents and George, Algia was preceded in death by three brothers, John, Charles and infant William Allen Burchfield, and three sisters, Mary Salsgiver, Sarah (aka Annie) Hopper Gray, and Martha Moore. Friends may call from 11 AM to 1 PM Sunday at the Lane Funeral Home, Austintown Chapel where services will begin at 1 PM.