Graduated from KU School of Law in 1924. Worked as Special Agent, Intelligence Unit, US Treasury Department for 25 years. Held office as County Attorney of Marshall Co, KS for two years in the 1930’s. Maintained a private practice for 24 years in Marysville as well as Lawrence. Past commander of the American Legion Post 14 in Lawrence and an officer of the American Legion at Marysville. Was master of the Masonic Lodge in Marysville in 1930. During World War I he served in the Student Army Training Corps at Kansas University. He served as secretary of the Marysville Chamber of Commerce. He enjoyed hunting and fishing.

World War I veteran

For the KU Gold Media Club certificate in 1974, celebrating 50 years
For 20 years Albert was a special again in the intelligence division for the Internal Revenue Service. In 1965 he launched a new career, operating an income tax service as an attorney and consultant in Lawrence. Growing flowers and vegetable gardening are his hobbies, in addition to visiting with four grandchildren. He and Xaina Tuttle Park, Class of 1922 reared two sons, both of whom graduated from KU.

Marshall County News — 8-5-1932
A.L. Park, Marysville attorney, secured strength from the majority of the precincts in the county to snow under A.D. Keller, country attorney in the primary Tuesday 3,462 to 1,313 votes.

Park Sweeps Away Keller
A. D, Keller, county attorney, took the heavier defeat of any of the republican candidates. He polled 1,313 votes against A. L. Park's 3,462.


Lawrence Journal World, Monday, November 5, 1928
The marriage of Miss Xaina Muriel Tuttle, daughter of Mrs. Charles Edward Tuttle, to Albert Lawrence Park of Marysville took place Saturday evening, November 3, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Dwight Barker Sprow, and Mr. Sprow, 2915 North Twenty-seventh Street, Kansas City, Kans.

The service was read by Rev. E. C. Alexander, of Western Highlands Presbyterian Church. Only members of the immediate families were present.

Little Miss Peggy Sprow acted as the ring bearer, carrying the ring in a basket of sweetheart roses. Her dress was of crepe de chine in a soft rose shade.

The bride wore an afternoon dress of beige crepe Elizabeth and carried an arm bouquet or roses and chrysanthemums.

Refreshments were served from a beautifully appointed table, with Mrs. Ben Paul Park of Kansas City and Mrs. Arthur E. Tuttle of Lawrence assisting in the dining room.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Park attended the University of Kansas, the former having received his LL. B, degree in 1924. Since his graduation Mr. Park has been engaged in the practice of law at Marysville. Mrs. Park has been employed in the offices of the national secretary of the Fraternal Aid Union for several years.

After a short wedding trip Mr. and Mars. Park will be at home after November 15 at 500 Elm Street, Marysville.

Funeral Card:
Albert L. Park
Born: April 22, 1900
White Cloud, Kansas
Died: May 3, 1975
Lawrence, Kansas
Funeral Service
Tuesday, May 6, 1975 at 2:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church
Officiant: Rev. Wayne Castle
First United Methodist Church
Vocalist: Mr. Richard Wright
Organist: Mrs. Maurice Clarkson
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
Lawrence, Kansas
Casket bearers
Reno Burns
Lyle Hanson
Alfred Graves
George Mole
Marion R. Smith
Herbert L. Jones

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Biography written by Evelyn Park Blalock, with some information provided by Donald Park. Please do not publish elsewhere without providing full and proper credit. Thank you. 
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Albert Lawrence Park, Sr., was born to Francis Edward "Ed" Park and Samantha Ellen "Mattie" Hawkins Park on 22 Apr 1900. At the time, they resided in Irving, Brown County, Kansas. By 1910, the family had purchased a farm near White Cloud, Doniphan County, Kansas. 

Eager to serve his country during WWI, Albert joined the Student Army Training Corps at the University of Kansas at the age of 17. Upon completing his training, he was sent to Fort Riley to begin active duty... where he fell victim to the unusually deadly Spanish influenza. Albert spent the remainder of his service fighting for his life in the hospital ward of Camp Funston. He was finally released from the hospital and discharged about a month after Armistice Day. 

After discharge, Albert returned to the University of Kansas, continuing until he earned a law degree. He had a private law practice in Kansas City from 1924 until 1926 and in Marysville, Kansas, from 1926 until 1930. Albert held office as County Attorney for Marshall County, Kansas, from 1930-1931, and then he returned to private practice from 1932 until 1942. 

In 1943, Albert's son, Donald, became extremely ill and required specialized medical treatment. Albert closed his private practice and moved the family to Kansas City, Kansas, to facilitate this treatment. He then accepted a position as a Special Agent in the Intelligence Unit of the US Treasury Department, a position he held for 25 years. Albert's primary job in the Treasury Department was investigation and prosecution for income tax evasion, including those suspected of involvement with organized crime or activities that threatened the security of the nation.

Following his retirement from the Treasury Department, Albert moved his family to Lawrence, Kansas, where he maintained a private law practice for another eight years. The family lived on Illinois Street, just a block from the KU football stadium. 

After closing his law practice in Lawrence, Albert finally began to enjoy a retirement. He returned somewhat to his farmer roots, converting his entire backyard into a huge garden. He grew vegetables and also flowers, at times trying his hand at hybridizing bearded irises.

Lived in Marysville from 1928 to 1948 and then in Kansas City, Kansas before returning to Lawrence in 1951.

Funeral card:

In memory
Xaina Muriel Park
1899-1980
Service
Ten O'Clock Saturday
May 31, 1980
Ramsey Funeral Home
Minister
The Reverend Richard E. Johnson
Organist
Mrs. William W. Anderson
Casket Bearers
Reno Bruns
Karl Edwards
Kit C. Grader
George Mole
Alfred Graves
Herbert L. Jones
Interment
Memorial Park Cemetery
Lawrence, Kansas

For the KU Gold Media Club certificate in 1972, celebrating 50 years
She spent most of the years since leaving Mount Oread in Marysville, Kansas, where her husband, Albert Park, KU Law School class of 1924, was a noted lawyer and civic leader and later a special agent for the Internal Revenue Service. Her two sons graduated from KU with degrees in pharmacy and engineering and she has four grandchildren. Lawrence is her home now.

Lawrence Journal World, Monday, November 5, 1928
The marriage of Miss Raina Muriel Tuttle, daughter of Mrs. Charles Edward Tuttle, to Albert Lawrence Park of Marysville took place Saturday evening, November 3, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Dwight Barker Sprow, and Mr. Sprow, 2915 North Twenty-seventh Street, Kansas City, Kans.

The service was read by Rev. E. C. Alexander, of Western Highlands Presbyterian Church. Only members of the immediate families were present.

Little Miss Peggy Sprow acted as the ring bearer, carrying the ring in a basket of sweetheart roses. Her dress was of crepe de chine in a soft rose shade.

The bride wore an afternoon dress of beige crepe Elizabeth and carried an arm bouquet or roses and chrysanthemums.

Refreshments were served from a beautifully appointed table, with Mrs. Ben Paul Park of Kansas City and Mrs. Arthur E. Tuttle of Lawrence assisting in the dining room.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Park attended the University of Kansas, the former having received his LL. B, degree in 1924. Since his graduation Mr. Park has been engaged in the practice of law at Marysville. Mrs. Park has been employed in the offices of the national secretary of the Fraternal Aid Union for several years.

After a short wedding trip Mr. and Mars. Park will be at home after November 15 at 500 Elm Street, Marysville.

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Biography written by Don Park, with edits by Evelyn Park Blalock. Please do not publish elsewhere without providing full and proper credit. Thank you. 
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Xaina Muriel Tuttle was born 26 May 1899 in Douglas Co., KS, the daughter of Charles Edward Tuttle and Lillian Elmira Hook Tuttle. She was born in the upstairs bedroom of a house that still stands* on the east side of U.S. Hwy. 59 on the first hill south of the Wakarusa River. Lillian Elmira Hook's father, Samuel Keagy Hook, owned the southwest quarter of Section 25 of Township 13 (Wakarusa), Range 19 , which is the northeast corner of U.S. Hwy 59 and the Wells Overlook Road. This Hook property was south of the house in which Xaina's parents lived at the time of her birth. Charles Tuttle worked on Samuel Keagy Hook's farm at the time.

Xaina's early childhood was spent as a farm girl. She attended a one-room school, rode a pony, and so on. She told about a pony race that was held in a field that is now part of the University of Kansas west campus. The contestants saddled their ponies at a starting point near what is now the northwest corner of Iowa Street and 23rd Street in Lawrence, Kansas, rode north up the very long hill to the west of Iowa Street, grabbed a ribbon, and returned to the starting point with the ribbon. Xaina said she won her race. She also told about an incident in which her foot was run over by a buggy wheel on a buggy her Grandfather Hook was driving. She let loose with an expletive not allowed young ladies and received a whipping with a buggy whip for her audacity; she said she always thought of Grandfather Hook as forbidding.

In 1908 Samuel Hook married Augusta A. Stiles and moved to Lawrence. He subsequently sold the farm and moved to California about 1911, leaving his daughter's family without funds or employment. (Please see biography of Lillian Elmira Hook Tuttle for more information about these events.) Charles Tuttle and his family continued to live near the farm for a short time, but then moved to Lawrence. One of the houses they lived in during this period was on a hill immediately west of the Hook farm known at various times as Shanks Hill or Rattlesnake Hill. The house was made of limestone and, in one incident, plaster fell from the inside wall and exposed a nest of rattlesnakes. Employment was difficult to find for Charles, having put all of his thought, effort and funds into the farm. His last occupation was insurance salesman. 

After Charles' death in 1914, Lillian Tuttle ran a boarding house, which is located at 940 Tennessee Street in Lawrence. Xaina, who was normally called Murl (for Muriel) during this period, and her sister Mildred helped raise the younger children. Mildred married in December 1917 and Xaina continued to help with raising her brother, Arthur, and sister, Lucille. Lucille, who was born 07 Sep 1907, married in 1924. The stories told about Arthur would lead one to believe he was a wild child; he ran a horse down the 11th Street hill standing up on the saddle in one instance and rode a motorcycle across the Kaw River bridge on the railing in another episode.

In addition to helping raise younger siblings, Xaina worked in a doctor's office, worked for Standard Life Insurance Company in Lawrence, and attended the University of Kansas for some period of time. She met her future husband, Albert Lawrence Park, Sr., when he became a boarder at her mother's boarding house. They married 03 Nov 1928 at Lucille's home in Kansas City, Kansas. Albert Park had practiced law in Kansas City and had recently set up a law practice in Marysville, Kansas. 

After a honeymoon trip to visit family in Kansas and in Illinois, the couple took up residence in Marysville. The first night they were there, a Saturday, the peace was shattered when the municipal band serenaded them at midnight. Al was arrested (in jest) for disturbing the peace and other unmentionable charges by his good friend the sheriff and was kept in jail until the next morning. There was much speculation in Marysville about Xaina'a first name, including one rumor that she was Greek. Nobody has explained the origins of the name to Xaina or told her why she had it. However, subsequent DNA testing of her offspring suggested an ethnic makeup that was 10% Greek, so perhaps the rumor wasn't as far off as originally thought by her family!

Xaina led the life one would expect of a young mother with a husband who was County Attorney for two years and obviously popular. She participated in a bridge group, PTA, a book review club, WSCS, and more. The Great Depression hit Al and Xaina Park very hard, because there was a lot of work for an attorney to do, but nobody had any money to pay for this work. They lost their house and times were tough. The Depression didn't end in Kansas until World War II broke out. In 1942, Xaina fell down the basement stairs, resulting in a broken arm and a concussion. That, and a separation from Albert when he went into government work, caused her emotional problems from which she never really recovered. The family moved from Marysville to Kansas City, Kansas, in 1948, to facilitate their youngest son, Don, receiving medical treatment from Dr. Zellermeyer. The family moved to Lawrence, Kansas, in the summer of 1951 to reduce living costs while Al (Jr) and Don went to college. A secondary reason was that Lawrence was home for Xaina.

Xaina developed an ulcerated colon and required surgery for it several times in the 1950's; she never fully recovered from the results of those surgeries. Soon after Albert's death in 1975, Xaina's health deteriorated and she moved into the Presbyterian Manor nursing facility in Lawrence. She died 28 May 1980 and is buried in Memorial Park next to Albert. 

*House was still standing at the time this biography was written, in 2008.