Eileen R. Park, 77, of Chalmers died Sunday, August 21, 2005 in St. Mary Healthcare. She had battled cancer for a year.

She was born October 12, 1927 in Chalmers. She was a lifelong resident of the rural Chalmers area.

She graduated from Chalmers High School in 1945. She married Kenny Moore in 1947. He died in 1966. She married Don Park on December 31, 1969 in Chalmers. He survives.

She was retired from State Farm working at the Regional Office in West Lafayette for 22 years.

She and her husband are 50 plus year members of the Chalmers Community Church. She was also a member of the Red Hat Society in Ocala, Florida where she and her husband wintered.

Eileen enjoyed interacting with people veiy much. She also enjoyed flowers and sports, especially high school football.

Surviving with her husband are five children, Roy Moore (friend Jeanie) of Lafayette; Darlene Gentry of Decatur, IL., Donella (Jerry) Carter of Brookston, Brad (Jackie) Park of Goshen and Dudley (Pam) Park of Lebanon; sisters Florence Payne of Fort Wayne, Betty Byroad of Monon and Mary Ann Cornett of Otterbein; brothers Kenneth (Pat) Shoemaker of Lafayette and Paul (Phyllis) Shoemaker of Chalmers; 15 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

A brother, Perry Shoemaker and a sister Margaret Conkright are deceased.

Funeral services were at 11:00 a.m. this morning at Hartzler-Clapper Funeral Home in Brookston with interment in Chalmers Community Cemetery.