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(28 Sep 1872 - 21 Dec 1961)
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colorado, December 22, 1961, Page 11: John E. Sparks, 89, of 109 Belford Ave., a resident of Mesa County for 36 years, died about 11 a.m. Thursday in Lincoln Park Hospital. He had been in ill health for three years. A retired farmer , Mr. Sparks operated a ranch in the Pomona area for 10 years, then farmed near Fruitvale for another two. The Sparks came here from Onidasic, S.D., in 1925. They had homesteaded near Ft. Pierre, S. D. in 1906. Mr. Sparks was born in Correctionville, Iowa, and spent his early life there. He married the former Eva Inscho at Ida Grove, Iowa, on Feb. 8, 1899. He was a member of the First Christian Church. Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, J. Harold Sparks of Grand Junction; seven daughters, Mrs. Edith M. Nelson of Torrance, Calif., Mrs. Elma N. Adams of Collbran, Mrs. Marthena J. Spaid, Mrs. Lela M. Zimmerman and Mrs. Olive M. Lehman, all of Grand Junction, Mrs. Ruth Manchester of Burbank, Calif., and Mrs. Lida M. Hagner of Chico, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Martin's Chapel. The Rev. J. Kenneth Baird will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens.
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| Birth | 28 Sep 1872 | other place of birth, see obit, Mifflin, Iowa Co., Wisconsin | |  | |
| Residence | 1880 | Age: 8; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - Mifflin, Iowa Co., Wisconsin | | | |
| Marriage | 8 Feb 1899 | Ida Grove, Ida Co., Iowa - Eva Pearl Inscho | | | |
| Residence | 1900 | Age: 28; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Rock, Woodbury, Iowa, USA | | | |
| Residence | 1910 | Age: 38; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Mears, Stanley Co., South Dakota | | | |
| Residence | 1920 | Age: 47; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Fairview, Sully, South Dakota, USA | | | |
| Residence | 1930 | Age: 57; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Pamona, Mesa, Colorado | | | |
| Residence | 1935 | Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado | | | |
| Residence | 1 Apr 1940 | Age: 67; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado | | | |
| Death | 21 Dec 1961 | Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado | | | |
| Burial | | Memorial Gardens, Grand Junction, Mesa Co., Colorado | | | |
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