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OBITUARY: Miles City Star, 14Aug1942, p8

Mrs. Julia Spracklin of Jordan Community Dies Here Thursday

Mrs. Julia Spracklin, widely known matron of the Jordan community, passed away
in Miles City at a local hospital on Thursday evening following a brief
illness.

Mrs. Spracklin was born in Nebraska on September 30, 1878, where she grew into
young girlhood. She had been a resident of the Garfield county region since
1914.

Surviving in the immediate family circle are the children, Amos, Harley andClifford Spracklin of Jordan, LeRoy Spracklin now in the U.S. Navy, Forest
Spracklin of Spokane, Washington, Mrs. Clara Durenberger of Jordan, and the
following brothers and sisters: Henry Siler and Alfred Siler of Snohomish,
Washington, Albert Siler of Colfax, Wisconsin, Mrs. Ida Grover of Maumee, Ohio,
Mrs. Olive Reid of Morocco, Indiania, and Mrs. Eva Amundson of Colfax,
Wisconsin.

The final rites for the late Mrs. Spracklin will be held in Jordan on Sunday
afternoon, August 16, where interment in the Pioneer Cemetery will also take
place.

The Jordan Tribune, 20Aug1942, p1

Death Summons Julia Spracklin

There's a new mound in the cemetery on the hill west of town. Last Sunday many
people from town and country looked for the last time on the wan, immobile
features of one of this community's well-beloved matrons, Mrs. Julia Anna
Spracklin. The Rev. Wm. G. Johnson, pastor of the Presbyterian church,
conducted the impressive service. Songs loved by Mrs. Spracklin in her
lifetime, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," "Near the Cross," and "We Shall See
Him Face to Face" were sung by a quartet, Mrs. Roland Taylor, Mrs. Roy M. Lee,
Mrs. C. F. Wilson and Mrs. H.M. West.

Mrs. Spracklin died at Miles City Thursday, August 13, following a severe
illness that developed about four weeks ago. An injury resulting from a fall
from a wagon in 1918 is believed to have been a contributory cause of her fatal
illness.

Julia Anna Siler was born Sept. 30, 1878, in Nebraska. Her parents moved to
western Iowa when she was 12 years old. In 1897 she married Reed A. Spracklin.
Eight sons and one daughter were born to that union, of whom five sons and the
daughter survive. Her husband died in July, 1938. She and her husband and the
children came to this county in 1915 and settled on a farm 18 miles west of
Jordan.

The survivors are: Amos, Harley, Clifford, Leroy and Forest; and Mrs. Clara
Derenburger. Three brothers, Albert Siler, Colfax, Wash.; Henry Siler,
Snohomish, Wash.; Mrs. Ida Glover, Maumee, Ohio; and Mrs. Eva Amundson, Colfax,
Wis.

Pallbearers at the funeral were: L. H. Nickey, William Hensleigh, Pearl
Pangburn, H.O. Porter, Art Bentley and Claud Saylor.

Birth	30 Sep 1878	Neligh, Antelope, NE
Marriage	29 Dec 1897	Greenfield, Calhoun, IA - Reed Andrew Spracklin
Death	13 Aug 1942	Miles City, Custer, Montana
Burial		Jordan, Garfield, Montana, Pioneer Cemetery

Spouse	Reed Andrew Spracklin (1869 - )
Child	James Franklin Spracklin (1898 - )
Child	Amos Earl Spracklin (1899 - 1983)
Child	Willie Lawrence Spracklin (1901 - )
Child	Oliver Martin Spracklin (1903 - 1934)
Child	Harley Grover Spracklin (1906 - 1964)
Child	Clifford Ray Spracklin (1911 - 1986)
Child	Leroy Dair Spracklin (1913 - 1994)
Child	Forest Irvin Spracklin (1917 - 1989)
Child	Clara Ellen Spracklin

Father	William Henry Siler (1851 - 1939)
Mother	Ann Boucher Kibbee (1857 - 1896)