Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sparks, Alpheus 1922
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The Belding Banner, Wednesday, May 3, 1922


Death took a well known pioneer resident of the city Sunday when the final 
summons was answered by Alpheus Sparks, aged 74 years, who had been sick at 
his home on Charles street for a time.  While Mr. Sparks had been in failing 
health for the past year or so he had been up and around and quite active the 
greater part of the time and his death came as a surprise to many of his 
friends who had not heard of his illness of the few days immediately prior to 
his death.

Mr. Sparks was born in Keene township on November 12, 1847.  He lived there 
until his marriage on July 31, 1870 to Miss Weltha Hull, in Keene and until 
1885 when they moved form this vicinity to Coral where they resided until 1892 
when they came to Belding and have resided here ever since.

Mr. Sparks is survived by his widow, three sons, Erastus and Clarence, of 
Belding and Bert, of Virginia, Minn.; also two daughters, Mrs. Frank Gamber of 
this city and Miss Lena Sparks, of Cleveland, Ohio.

Funeral services were held from the M. E. church in this city this afternoon 
at two o’clock, Rev. Geo. E. Osborne officiating and burial was in River Ridge 
cemetery.  Mr. Sparks affiliated with the Methodist church 48 years ago in the 
old Tasker school and had always remained a member of that faith.


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