Individual Details

Eva Pearl Inscho

(2 Jan 1879 - 14 Aug 1962)

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colorado, August 15, 1962, Page 11: Mrs. Eva Pearl Sparks, the widow of John E. Sparks, died at 10:05 a.m. Tuesday in Tim' s Nursing Home following an illness of eight months. The Sparkses came to Mesa County in 1925 and farmed in the Pomona area for 10 years, then at Fruitvale for two years, before moving to Grand Junction. The family home was at 109 Belford Ave. The couple celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary in 1960. Mr. Sparks died Dec. 21, 1961. Mrs. Sparks was born Eva Pearl Incho at Prophetstown, Ill. on Jan. 2, 1879. She spent her early life in Iowa and was married at Ida Grove, Iowa, on Feb. 8, 1899. The couple homesteaded near Ft. Pierre, S. D. in 1906. Surviving are a son, J. Harold Sparks of Grand Junction, seven daughters, Mrs. A. T. (Marthena) Spaid; Mrs. Harold (Lela) Zimmerman, and Mrs. M. E. (Olive) Lehman, all of Grand Junction; Mrs. M. A. (Edith) Nelson of Torrance, Calif., Mrs. R. A. (Elma) Adams of Collbran, Mrs. C. C. (Ruth) Manchester of Burbank, Calif., and Mrs. R. F. (Lida) Hagner of Chico, Calif.; 17 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in Martin's Chapel. The Rev. J. Kenneth Baird will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens.

Events

Birth2 Jan 1879Prophetstown, Whiteside Co., Illinois
Marriage8 Feb 1899Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa - John Ellis Sparks
Residence1900Age: 21; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Rock, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
Residence1910Age: 31; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Mears, Stanley Co., South Dakota
Residence1920Age: 41; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Fairview, Sully, South Dakota, USA
Residence1930Age: 51; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Pamona, Mesa, Colorado
Residence1935Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado
Residence1 Apr 1940Age: 61; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado
Death14 Aug 1962Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado
BurialMemorial Gardens, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado

Families

SpouseJohn Ellis Sparks (1872 - 1961)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

2. 1900 Census Woodbury Co., Iowa.

3. Find A Grave.

4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

5. 1900 Census Woodbury Co., Iowa.

6. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

7. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

8. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

9. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

10. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

11. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

12. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

13. Find A Grave.

14. Find A Grave.