Individual Details
Amos Earl Spracklin
(28 Aug 1899 - 12 Dec 1983)
BIRTH-NAME-MARRIAGE-CHILD: Notes from Bertha Rufley, Miles City MT;
1800-1995;;;Copied information in possession of Art Hawkinson, 1995.
DEATH: Memorial Notice/Obituary for Amos Spracklin; Copy in possession of Art
Hawkinson, Hudson WI.
Memorial Notice, Amos Spracklin, 16Dec1983
Amos Earl Spracklin, 84, longtime rancher of the Jordan area, died Monday at
the Garfield County Hospital in Jordan of a long illness.
He was born Aug. 28, 1899, in Calhoun County, Iowa, the son of Reed Spracklin
and Julie Siler.
Mr. Spracklin came to Montana with his parents in 1915 when he was a young man.
They homesteaded on Lone Tree Creek, 19 miles west of Jordan.
On July 26, 1924 he married Iva Myrtle Heiss at Miles City. They continued to
ranch west of Jordan until 1964 when they moved to Hamilton. In 1974 he moved
to Iron Mill where he lived until 1978 when he entered the rest home at Jordan
where he lived until his death.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Clint (Margaret) Vial of Portland, Ore.,
Mrs. James (Bertha) Roufley of Brusett, Mrs. Ferdinand (Alice) Bickel of Mill
Iron, Mrs. Delbert (Betty) Cole of Alzada, Mrs. Jesse (Dorothy) Euell of
Bozeman and Mrs. Jacob (Helen) Fowler of Hamilton; three brothers, Clifford of
Hamilton, LeRoy of Roundup and Forest of Washington; one sister, Clara Monger
of Lewistown; 27 grandchildren; and 50 great grandchildren.
He was preceeded in death by his wife, Iva, on Nov. 26, 1969, at Hamilton.
Burial will be in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery.
1800-1995;;;Copied information in possession of Art Hawkinson, 1995.
DEATH: Memorial Notice/Obituary for Amos Spracklin; Copy in possession of Art
Hawkinson, Hudson WI.
Memorial Notice, Amos Spracklin, 16Dec1983
Amos Earl Spracklin, 84, longtime rancher of the Jordan area, died Monday at
the Garfield County Hospital in Jordan of a long illness.
He was born Aug. 28, 1899, in Calhoun County, Iowa, the son of Reed Spracklin
and Julie Siler.
Mr. Spracklin came to Montana with his parents in 1915 when he was a young man.
They homesteaded on Lone Tree Creek, 19 miles west of Jordan.
On July 26, 1924 he married Iva Myrtle Heiss at Miles City. They continued to
ranch west of Jordan until 1964 when they moved to Hamilton. In 1974 he moved
to Iron Mill where he lived until 1978 when he entered the rest home at Jordan
where he lived until his death.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Clint (Margaret) Vial of Portland, Ore.,
Mrs. James (Bertha) Roufley of Brusett, Mrs. Ferdinand (Alice) Bickel of Mill
Iron, Mrs. Delbert (Betty) Cole of Alzada, Mrs. Jesse (Dorothy) Euell of
Bozeman and Mrs. Jacob (Helen) Fowler of Hamilton; three brothers, Clifford of
Hamilton, LeRoy of Roundup and Forest of Washington; one sister, Clara Monger
of Lewistown; 27 grandchildren; and 50 great grandchildren.
He was preceeded in death by his wife, Iva, on Nov. 26, 1969, at Hamilton.
Burial will be in the family lot of the Custer County Cemetery.
Events
| Birth | 28 Aug 1899 | Somers, Calhoun, IA | |||
| Marriage | 26 Jul 1924 | Miles City, Custer, Montana - Iva Myrtle Heiss | |||
| Death | 12 Dec 1983 | Jordan, Garfield, Montana |  | ||
| Burial | 16 Dec 1983 | Miles City, Custer, Montana |
Families
| Spouse | Iva Myrtle Heiss (1906 - 1969) |
| Child | Mary Anna Spracklin (1925 - 1925) |
| Child | Margaret Rosalie Spracklin (1926 - 2012) |
| Child | Alice May Spracklin |
| Child | Betty Jean Spracklin (1930 - 2013) |
| Child | Bertha Evelyn Spracklin |
| Child | Dorothy Josephine Spracklin |
| Child | Helen Marlys Spracklin |
| Father | Reed Andrew Spracklin (1869 - ) |
| Mother | Julia Ann Siler (1878 - ) |
| Sibling | James Franklin Spracklin (1898 - ) |
| Sibling | Willie Lawrence Spracklin (1901 - ) |
| Sibling | Oliver Martin Spracklin (1903 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Harley Grover Spracklin (1906 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Clifford Ray Spracklin (1911 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Leroy Dair Spracklin (1913 - 1994) |
| Sibling | Forest Irvin Spracklin (1917 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Clara Ellen Spracklin |
Endnotes
1. U.S. Social Security Death Index .