Cremeen, Evelyn Sparks – 1930-2009

BENZ, BROWN, CREMEEN, KENDALL, KOOL, SIMBRO, SPARKS

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Date: 9/4/2009 at 14:12:55

PELLA – Evelyn A. (Kool) Cremeen, 79, of Hitchcock, Texas, and Pella, died Wednesday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
Evelyn, wife of the lat Billy Sparks and Raymond Simbro, is survived by her husband, Bill Cremeen, and her five children, Raymond (Eva) Sparks of Monroe, Diana (Bernie) Brown, Shelia (Terry) Benz, Donna (Marvin) Kendall, all of Pella, and Jerry (Trudy) Sparks of Alvin, Texas.
Funeral services will be Saturday, Aug. 29, at 2 p.m. at the Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home in Pella. Visitation will begin this afternoon, Aug. 28, at the Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home where the family will be present today from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Source: Newton Daily News; Friday, August 28, 2009

Additional information from Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home website:
Evelyn Arlene Kool was born on January 22, 1930, near Fifield in Marion County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Joe and Grietje Diekema Kool. Evelyn attended Pella Public High School in Pella, Iowa. On February 2, 1947, she was united in marriage with Billy Eugene Sparks at Kansas City, Kansas and to this union five children were born: Raymond Eugene, Diana Lynn, Shelia Kay, Donna Jo and Jerry Lee. Following their marriage Evelyn and Billy lived in Oskaloosa and Pella, Iowa until moving to Monroe, Iowa in 1967. During this time they were employed at the Rolscreen Company in Pella and at the Maytag Company in Newton, Iowa. Billy passed away on September 10, 1982, at the age of 55 years. Evelyn continued working at Maytag Company until becoming a United Auto Workers retiree in 1990. In June of 1984 she and Raymond Earl Simbro began traveling their lives together. They would spend the winters in Texas while making their residence below the Red Rock Dam near Pella. Evelyn and Ray found much enjoyment traveling in his motorhome. But then Ray passed away on March 25, 1996, at the age of 71 years. Evelyn continued managing the recreational park in Texas where she met Bill Cremeen. They were united in marriage on September 8, 2002, and they enjoyed wildlife, fishing and traveling. Bill then became Evelyn's caregiver and remained very devoted and dedicated. In May of 2009, Evelyn became hospitalized and passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 79 years, 7 months and 4 days. Those who will cherish her memory are her husband, Bill; her five children and their spouses: Ray and Eva Sparks of Monroe, Iowa, Diana and Bernie Brown, Shelia and Terry Benz, Donna and Marvin Kendall all of Pella, Iowa, Jerry and Trudy Sparks of Alvin, Texas. Evelyn leaves 16 grandchildren, numerous loving great-grandchildren and a half-sister. Her family will remember her talking with them faithfully on the telephone and the many, many crocheting items she had made for them. Evelyn was preceded in death by her husbands, Billy Sparks and Ray Simbro; her parents, Joe and Grace (Rozenberg) Kool; her step-father, Henry Rozenberg; and a grandson, James Alexander Sparks, and a brother, Everett Kool, who died in infancy.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials for the Evelyn A. Cremeen Memorial Fund.