A visitation will be 1:00 pm, Friday, October 2, 2020 at Memorial Funeral Home, 1217 Business Loop 70 West, Columbia, MO. Funeral Services will follow at 2:00 pm, and burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. In keeping with the guidelines put forth by the Boone County Heath Director, all guests are required to wear a mask, to keep social distancing (six feet apart), cough into your sleeve, and wash and sanitize your hands often.
Anita was born May 2, 1941 in Braymer, MO to Floyd Earl and Leola Frances Penny Mason. She graduated, with honors and received the Florence Nightingale award, from Trinity Lutheran Hospital in Liberty, MO. She went on to earn her BSN from the University of Missouri. In Columbia, she met Kenneth Parmer while attending services at Wilkes Boulevard Methodist Church, where she would later become a member; the two of them would wed on September 6, 1964 in Liberty, MO. She worked as an RN for Boone Hospital for over 38 years. She had a talent for quilting and sewing; making larger banners for her friends and family, she loved to work crossword puzzles. She enjoyed keeping up with her genealogy, and most of all, loved to spend time with her grandkids.
She is survived by her husband, of 56 years, Kenneth Parmer; sons, Dale (Heather) Parmer and John (Stacy) Parmer of Columbia; grandchildren, Macie, Weston, and Gus; sisters, Nancy (Darrel) Glendenning of Liberty and Janice (Rev. Harold) Backus of Delaware, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Memorial contributions can be made to Wilkes Blvd United Methodist Church 702 Wilkes Blvd, Columbia, MO 65201.
