A Celebration of Life for Wayne Parker was held Friday afternoon, March 8, in the Fireside Room at the Idyllwild Arts Academy campus. Parker worked for the school and the Idyllwild Town Crier.
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Wayne Parker’s wife Lori Parker (right) is comforted by a friend of her husband’s who served in the military with Parker as a paratrooper. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
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