SaRita Obelgoner Parker

SaRita Obelgoner Parker, age 82, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2015. SaRita was born in Hallettsville, TX, the only child of John William Obelgoner and Margaret Atlas Spear. She was the band majorette of Hallettsville High School and represented South Texas in a beauty pageant. She attended the University of Texas where she was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She met her beloved husband Stanley on a blind date arranged by his Acacia fraternity brother. They were happily married for over 53 years, before his passing in 2008. SaRita was very active in her children’s lives with PTAs, room mother, and Camp Fire Girl Leader. They moved to Quail Valley in 1972 and embraced the country club life. SaRita was on several tennis teams and played in tournaments around the area. Her favorite trip was when they went to Wimbledon to see the tennis matches. She played golf and was an avid bridge player. When she could sit still, she loved to read, needlepoint, quilt and play Rummikub. SaRita was an excellent cook and loved to entertain her friends with good food and silly games. She was known as the cat lady of Quail Valley and had 18 cats at one time, when someone dropped two pregnant cats at her side door. She was always adopting strays and finding homes for them. Traveling was another passion: Hawaii, England, Scotland, Alaska, Canada, Cape Cod, Mexico, California, Las Vegas, and cruises. She was very active in clubs and President of many of them. Quail Valley Garden Club, Quail Valley Quails, Fort Bend Republican Women’s Club, Alpha Xi Delta Mother’s Club, Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae, Gourmet Club, Fort Bend Friends and Neighbors, Tri-Cities, and Fort Bend County Museum Docents were just a few of her many organizations. She enjoyed celebrating birthdays with her Flamingo group and playing Bunco. In 2000 she was honored as Fort Bend Republican Woman of the Year. Alpha Gamma Delta celebrated her sorority commitment with the Arc and the Arc with diamonds. In 2003, SaRita and Stan purchased a second home in Bayou Vista and hosted weekend parties there. SaRita became active in the Salt Water Garden Club and soon became President of that club. She was raised in the Methodist Church in Hallettsville and was a member of the Memorial Drive United Methodist Church in Houston.

She is survived by her children Syrisse Parker, and Scott Parker and his wife Teresa; and her granddaughter, Shelby Parker.

A visitation will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Thursday April 30, 2015, and the funeral service at 10:00 AM, Friday May 1, 2015, at The Settegast-Kopf Co. @ Sugar Creek, 15015 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land (Williams Trace Exit). Interment will follow at 2:00 PM, at Mossy Grove Cemetery, in Hallettsville, TX. For those desiring, donations in SaRita’s memory may be made to Mossy Grove Methodist Church, P.O. Box 352, Hallettsville, TX 77964, or to the Houston Humane Society, 14700 Almeda Rd, Houston, TX 77053.