Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sparling, William April 23, 1954
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William Sparling, 
Veteran Huron School Man, Dies
Bad Axe, April 23 - William H Sparling, who spent 58 years in the teaching 
profession in Huron County before he retired in 1947, died today in his home of 
heart disease. He was 81 years old. Mr. Sparling served 36 years from 1911 to 
1947, as Huron County School Commissioner, and he taught school 22 years before 
assuming that office.  

Born Sept 29, 1872, in Grindstone City, Mr. Sparling was a lifelong resident of 
Huron Co. He was educated in Huron County schools and at Central MI College and 
Ferris Institute. He began his career in 1889 and taught schools in Grindstone 
City and Bay Port. Mr. Sparling established in 1914 a custom that continues to 
this day, that of 8th grade commencement services for rural schools. He once 
estimated that he signed and presented more than 12,000 diplomas during 34 such 
services. Some graduates in the last years of his service as School Commissioner 
were grandchildren of graduates of early years.  He is survived by his widow, 
Beatrice; two sons, William J Sparling, Milwaukee, WI; and Robert H Sparling, 
Jackson, MI; four grandchildren, a great grandchild and a sister, Miss Susie 
Sparling, Royal Oak. Remains are in Alden A MacAlpine funeral home.

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