Sparks, Laverne Millard (1901- 1983)

SPARKS, MALLORY, REXROAT, ELLIS, STOTTS

Posted By: Sherry Faidley Healy (email)
Date: 8/22/2015 at 18:22:46

Laverne Sparks dies on Monday; rites Thursday

Newton - Laverne Millard Sparks, 81, resident of Newton, died early Monday evening at the Skiff Memorial Hospital

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Wallace Funeral Home.

The Rev. Ray Barnett, pastor of the First Christian Church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Newton Union Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 8 a.m. Wednesday.

Memorial contributions to the First Christian Church will be accepted. They may be left at the church or the funeral home.

Survivors are his wife, Sarah a son Cliff Sparks of Newton; a daughter, Mrs. Bob (Betty) Ellis of Inman, Kan.; four grandchildren; a great-grandchild; a brother, Clair Sparks of Boone; and a sister, Lorene Stotts of Danville, Ind.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter, Shirley, three brothers and a sister.

Mr. Sparks, a member of the First Christian Church, was a retired Maytag Co. employee.

The son of Ralph and Effie Amanda Mallory Sparks, he was born Nov. 2, 1961 in Lynnville schools.

He was married to Sarah A. Rexroat July 18, 1925 in Des Moines.
--published in the Newton Daily News, May 10, 1983