Shirley (Nuckolls) Sprouse (1964)

HIGHLAND, NUCKOLLS, SPROUSE, TESDAHL, VON TOMME

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 10/7/2008 at 11:36:33

Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, January 7, 1965

Funeral Services for Mrs. Shirley Sprouse

Funeral services were held last Wednesday at Colfax for Mrs. Shirley Sprouse and three children. Mrs. Sprouse was the former Shirley Nickolls who grew up in Earlham and attended schools here. At the time of death, Mrs. Sprouse and children were living in California with her husband, a Navy storekeeper.

Mr. Sprouse left for Iowa to visit relatives at Colfax December 12, leaving Mrs. Sprouse and children in California because they did not want to take the children out of school. When he returned home December 23, he found Mrs. Sprouse, who was 23, and the children, Diana Lynn 7, Tom 6, and Stephen 3, dead in their beds where they had been overcome by gas fumes from an unvented gas heater. It was later determined that they died December 17.

Mr. and Mrs. Sprouse were married eight years ago. Relatives of Mrs. Sprouse include her father, Jess Nuckolls of Des Moines; her mother, Mrs. Martin Tesdahl of Des Moines; brothers, Gary, Don and Marlin of Des Moines; and sisters, Kay, at home; Mrs. Peggy Von Tomme of Des Moines; and Mrs. Esther Highland of Sierre Madre, California.

Mrs. Leo Kinkennon, Mrs. Walter Webb, Mrs. Ray Elliott and Mr. and Mrs. Junior Merical attended the funeral. Junior served as a pallbearer.

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