Enid Dorothy Gunston ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: G6K5-3HC.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: The Sacramento Bee: Enid Gunston Engaged to Lt. Robert Parks, 22 May 1947, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA. ¹ Enid Gunston Is Betrothed To Lieutenant Robert Parks, USA
Miss Enid Dorothy Gunston, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Gunston of 2319 Twelfth Street, is engaged to Lieutenant Robert White Parks, the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Parks of West Lafayette, Ind. The romantic news was announced today by the parents of the bride to be. Miss Gunston is visiting her brother in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey Martin (Zoe Gunston) in Chicago, and plans to be married there in June.
The betrothed pair met in Fort Sill, Okla., where the Gunston family lived while the bride elect's father was a colonel serving with the field artillery. Lieutenant Parks was sent to Fort Sill for duty following his graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1944. He returned a short time ago after more than two years' military service in Europe and at present is visiting his parent in Indiana, He studied a year at Purdue University before enroling in the military academy.
The bride elect attended the Sacramento elementary schools, the San Mateo High School and the University of Nevada.
The couple will visit in Sacramento after their marriage, planning to drive from Chicago by automobile.

2. Census in 1950 in Port Hueneme, Ventura, CA. ⁴ The 1950 census recorded Robert W. Parks, Armed Force, 28, born in Indiana, living with wife Enid D., 23, born in California; daughter Susan E., 2, born in Washington; and daughter Cynthia A., born in Sep 1949 in California.

3. Residence: on 17 Feb 1975 in Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico, USA. ⁵

4. Residence: on 5 Sep 1993 in Reno, Washoe, NV. ²

5. Obituary: Reno Gazette-Journal: obituary of Enid Dorothy Parks on 25 Feb 2010 in Reno, Washoe, NV. ³ (photos) Enid Dorothy PARKS
Enid Dorothy Parks, a Carson City resident, passed away on February 19, 2010; she was 82 years old. Mrs. Parks was born on August 19, 1927 in Sacramento, CA, the daughter of George T. and Dorothy G. (Gray) Gunston. She grew up and attended schools in Sacramento. She married Robert W. Parks on June 1, 1947 in Chicago, IL. Mrs. Parks was a homemaker and artist. Later in life she sold Real Estate. Mrs. Parks enjoyed playing Bingo, bridge slot machines, cooking and shopping. Mrs. Parks will be dearly missed by her family and many friends. She is survived by her children, Susan Peterson of Dayton, NV, Cynthia Parks-Gunston of Sacramento, CA and William Parks of Rancho Cordova, CA, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, two nieces and two nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Col. (Ret.) Robert Parks, parents, sisters, Georgie Mills and Zoe Martin, and grandson Devon Parks-Gunston. Arrangements are in the trusted care of Autumn Funerals & Cremations.

Enid married Lt. Col. Robert White Parks, son of Morris Randlett Parks and Ruby Mildred Beeker, on 1 Jun 1947 in Chicago, Cook, IL. (Lt. Col. Robert White Parks was born on 8 Jun 1921 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN ^{2 6} and died on 5 Sep 1993 in Reno, Washoe, NV ^{2 6}.)