Mary Lou Park

Mary Lou Park, age 74 of Seymour and formerly of Valencia, California, passed away on Sunday, January 27, 2019 at Seymour Crossing. Born November 30, 1944 in Muskegon, MI, she was the daughter of Milton and Mary Lou (Climber) Christiansen. On December 29, 2001, she married the love of her life and soulmate, Larry Park.

As a kid, she loved running along railroad tracks and trains yelling for chalk. Mary Lou graduated from Muskegon High School where she was a Majorette and Baton Twirler. She then went on to graduate from Michigan Business College. She worked for State of Michigan, a neurologist, Signal Landmark, Xerox and worked in administration at Merced County, CA HVD.

Mary Lou enjoyed ice skating, roller skating, bowling, photography, scrapbooking, greeting cards, traveling the US, collecting cookbooks and reading mysteries. She was also a frequent QVC shopper.

Survivors include her husband, Larry; children, Kevin (Dena) Adkins, Marcheta (Brad) Allen, Ronald “Buddy” (Kate) Adkins, Timothy Thomas (Jen) Park and Bonnie Jean (Efrain) Contreras. Mary Lou also had two siblings, Robert Paul Christiansen and Judy Christiansen as well as 14 grandchildren.

Mary Lou was preceded in death by her parents, first husband, Ron Adkins and second husband, Louis Trueblood.

Services will be held at 11:00am on Monday, February 4, 2019 at Woodlawn Life Celebration Centre. Visitation will be from 10:00am until service at the funeral home with burial to follow at the Indiana Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Memorials can be made at the funeral home to the Alzheimer’s Association Friends can sign the guestbook or share a favorite memory at www.woodlawnfamilyfuneral.com