SPERRY OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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SPERRY, Dana Darline FEWEL 1930 - 1989

Dana Darline Fewel, was born in Clinton, November 5, 1930, the daughter of Fred 
D. Fewel and Edith Vance Fewel. She passed away at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas 
City March 23, 1989 at the age of 58 years, four months and 18 days. Darline 
graduated from Clinton High School, and then married William Joe Sperry April 
17, 1949 in Clinton MO. Five children were born of this union, all of whom now 
survive with their father. They are William Joe Sperry Jr. of Evergreen, Colorado, 
Steven Sperry of Kansas City; three daughters, Debbie Gray, Kansas City, Sheri 
Sperry, Independence, and Leslie Forney of Nashville, Tennessee. Also surviving 
are two sisters, Tropha Elder of Del City, Oklahoma, Eileen Delozier, of 
Warrensburg, MO. and two grandchildren. After spending some time in Clinton and 
Columbia, Bill and Darline moved to Kansas City in 1960. They operated KC. 
Courier, incorporated, a delivery service for several years. Darline was 
especially fond of historical antique glass and had a very extensive collection. 
She was a member of the Blue Ridge Baptist Church in Independence, MO. Funeral 
services were at l p.m. Saturday, March 25, at the Consalus Chapel: the Rev. 
Richard Stilwell officiating. Helen Shrout was at the organ and played "In The 
Garden" and other selections. Pallbearers were Kevin Sperry, Pete Hickman, 
Calvin Sperry, Mark Sperry, David Sperry, and Jim Hickman. Burial was in 
Englewood Cemetery. 


SPERRY, Effie Caroline JULIAN 1901 - 1957

The Clinton Eye Tuesday, February 5, 1957 - Mrs. F. L. Sperry Dies, January 31, at 
Farm Home Dr. E. A. Forderhase Conducts Services at Baptist Church Relief from 
pain, the end of suffering, rest in the arms of a gentle Savior, life over... came 
with the long sleep into which Mrs. Floyd Sperry drifted early Thursday morning, 
Jan. 31, when her fine spirit was born to Regions of Light, Critically ill the past 
several months, Mrs. Sperry had fought a losing battle, quietly, bravely, trying to 
spare her family as much as she could the knowledge of her pain and the nearness 
of the end. Judge Sperry, anxious and devoted, and almost constantly at her side 
the past months, had taken her to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., in 
September and later to a clinic in North Carolina, hoping to hold back that was 
inevitable. Friends were shocked and grief stricken with the family, however on 
hearing the sad news about 9:00 a.m. Jan. 31. Effie Carolina Julian, daughter of 
Joe W. and Jane Hall Julian, was born in Clinton, March 24, 1901. Here she was 
reared and educated, and here in April of 1925 she and Floyd L. Sperry of a fine 
old Henry County family, and an able and promising young attorney were married. 
They established their home in Clinton and soon after moved to their present 
farm home where their family of six boys and girls was reared, and which since 
has been the hub of their close-knit family life. Mrs. Sperry, widely read, with 
very general tastes and well informed on all current topics, was an ardent and 
lifetime Democrat, with a natural flair for politics that welded her and her 
husband even closer together, for it was a mutual, motivating interest most of 
their lives. Mrs. Sperry was one of the first members of the Henry County 
Women's Jefferson Club and was one of its former presidents. She was the Henry 
County Committee woman a number of years and the State Democratic committee 
woman from 1936 to 1948. With a shrewd sagacity for things political, her 
judgment was seldom wrong, and she was a loyal helpmate to her husband in his 
political career, that took him to the Kansas City Court of Appeals, on which he 
has been a commissioner since 1936. She was also a directive to her children 
whose several interests promise to follow those of their cherished mother. Soft 
spoken, with a slow smile and deep understanding, gentle and indulgent toward 
her family but with a firm inflexibility toward their critics, she was a devoted 
and fond mother whose memory is enshrined in their lives and hearts. A member 
of the Twentieth Century Club, unit of the Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs, 
a past president and enthusiastic worker in the Home Education Extension Club, 
an expert on antiques, member of the Clinton Garden Club and the Baptist Church 
in which she was reared, and had been an member since childhood, her loss is 
keenly felt in the community. Surviving this devoted mother and exemplary wife, 
whose abilities and concern to give her family every advantage even led her into 
business ventures in recent years, are the grief stricken husband of the home; 
sons Hugh Gray and Thomas Jefferson Sperry, both students at the University of 
Missouri, where both plan to take law courses, Floyd Logan Sperry Jr., senior law 
student at the University of Kansas City, and William Joseph Sperry of Clinton; 
and two daughters, Mrs. Glen Burton of Clinton and Mrs. Jim Hickman of Kansas 
City and Clinton. Mrs. Hickman is a member of the Quinn and Peebles Law Firm of 
Kansas City and assists in the Sperry law offices in Clinton as well. There are 
also seven grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Philip Trainer of Clinton and Mrs. 
Dorothy McCool of Seneca Ore.; two brothers Elmer Julian of Mill Valley 
California, and Vance Julian, attorney of Clinton. Funeral services were 
conducted by Dr. Earl A. Forderhase of Saint Louis Saturday afternoon at the First 
Baptist Church and the body was laid to sleep in Englewood beside her parents. 
Hymns were "Jesus Saviour, Pilot Me", and "In The Garden," sung by the choir of 
the First Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Roy Southers at the organ. Pallbearers were 
the four Sperry sons, Wm. J., Floyd Logan, Thomas Jefferson, and Hugh Gray 
Sperry, and the two son-in-laws, James L. Hickman and Glen Burton. Honorary 
bears were; Senator Kelso Journey, Representative Curt Davidson, Boyd B. Gover, 
Bryan Cooper, John R. Wall and Judge Lewis V. Beaty. The Schaberg Funeral Home 
was in charge


SPERRY, Floyd Logan Jr. 1931 - 1994

Clinton Democrat - Judge Floyd Sperry, age 62, of Warsaw, passed away Monday 
morning, January 10, 1994 at Golden Valley Hospital in Clinton. He was born on 
January 30, 1931, at Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of Judge Floyd L. and Effie 
Julian Sperry. He graduated from Clinton High School with the class of 1949. He 
attended the University of Missouri-Columbia and William Jewell College in 
Liberty before entering the United States Army in 1950. He was a combat veteran 
of the Korean War and was discharged as a Sergeant First Class in September of 
1953. Following his Army service, Judge Sperry enrolled in the University of 
Kansas City and received his degree. He was elected Prosecuting attorney of 
Henry County in 1957 and served six years, He also served one year in 1964, as 
Assistant Attorney General for the State of Missouri. In 1977 he opened his law 
office in Warsaw, and in 1981 was elected to a two year term as Benton County 
Prosecuting Attorney. He then was elected as Benton County Associate Circuit 
Judge and served in this capacity until September 30, 1993, when he resigned due 
to ill health. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, a life-time member of 
the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Clinton, life time member of the American 
Legion 40/8 and member of the American Legion Post 217 of Warsaw. He was a 
member of the Elks Lodge of Clinton. On April 29, 1980 he was united in married 
to Betty Cook of Clinton, and unto this union three sons and one daughter were 
born. She preceded him in death. On April 29, 1980 he was united in marriage to 
Wanda Harvey (Nee Tye) of Forsythe, Missouri. He is survived by his wife, Wanda, 
of the home; three sons, Mark Logan, and wife Kimberly Sperry of Clinton; Kevin 
Floyd and wife Laura Sperry of Oklahoma City OK., and Calvin Floyd and wife 
Kathy Sperry of Altamont, IL., and one daughter, Jolinda, and her husband William 
Keens of Terre Haute, IN.: two step-sons, Joseph, and wife Jan Harvey of Kansas 
City, David Harvey, also of Kansas City, and 11 grandchildren. Also surviving are 
three brothers, Bill Sperry of Kansas City, Hugh Sperry of Holden, and Tom Sperry 
of California MO.: two sisters, Nancy Burton of Raytown, and Martha Hickman of 
Independence MO.; several nieces and nephews, and other relatives and many 
friends. Floyd was a devoted husband and father and a loving grandfather who 
enjoyed the time he spent with his "special" grandchildren. He will be sadly 
missed by his loving family and many caring friends. Funeral services for Judge 
Sperry were held at the First Baptist Church of Warsaw at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 
January 12, 1994 with Rev. Robert Sisney and Rev. Richard Anthony officiating. 
Pallbearers were Judge William Roberts, Judge David Bailey, Judge Larry Burditt, 
George Lilleston, James Journey, and Robert Drake. Burial was in Tebo Church 
Cemetery near Clinton, under the direction of Reser Funeral Home. Memorials may 
be made to Twin Lakes Hospice in care of the Reser Funeral Home of Warsaw.


SPERRY, Floyd Logan Sr. 1895 - 1981

Kansas City Times Tuesday April 28, 1981 - Judge Floyd L. Sperry, 85, Clinton 
MO. former commissioner of the Kansas City Court of Appeals, died Sunday at the 
home of a daughter, Ms. Martha Sperry Hickman, 12020 East 46th Terrace. Mr. 
Sperry was a commissioner of the Kansas City Court of Appeals from 1936 until 
he retired in 1970. He earlier was prosecuting attorney in Henry County, MO., 
eight years and then was mayor of Clinton, MO. from 1930 to 1936. He was 
former chairman of the Henry County Democratic Committee and a member of the 
6th District Democratic Congressional Committee and the 29th Judicial District 
Committee. Mr. Sperry was an Army veteran of World War l. He was a Mason and a 
member of the Clinton Shrine Club, The Clinton American Legion Post, the 
Missouri Bar and the Henry County Bar Association. He graduated from the 
University of Missouri-Columbia and its law school. He was a lifetime Henry 
County resident. He also leaves four sons, William Joe Sperry, Kansas City MO., 
Floyd L. Sperry, Warsaw, MO. Thomas Jefferson Sperry, California, MO. and Hugh 
Gray Sperry, Centerville, MO.; another daughter, Mrs. Nancy Burton, Holden, MO.; 24 
grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and a foster great-grandchild. Services 
will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Clinton First Baptist Church; burial in 
Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the 
Consalus Chapel, Clinton. The family suggests contributions to the Henry County 
Museum, Clinton.


SPERRY, Wilma Jane BATSCHELET 1936 - 1995

Wilma Jane Sperry, 58, California, Mo., died Sunday, June 4, 1995, at St. Mary's 
Health Center in Jefferson City.  She was born November 19, 1936, in Montrose, 
the daughter of John Edwin and Helen Louise Anderson Batschelet.  Her mother 
survives in Clinton.  Her father preceded her in death.  She was married 
September 21, 1956, in Versailles to Thomas J. Sperry who survives of the home.  
She was a bookkeeper for Missouri State Medical Association for 27 years.  She 
was a member of the Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian Church, near Clinton.  
She enjoyed gardening, fishing and traveling with her family.  She graduated from 
Clinton High School in 1954, received a two year associate degree from Columbia 
College and attended the University of Missouri for one and a half years.  Other 
survivors include one son, Sean Sperry of California, Mo.; three daughters, 
Petricia Ward of Des Moines, Iowa, Peggy Bollinger of California, Mo., and Carol 
Hartley of California, Mo; one sister, Shirley Freeman of Burke, Virginia, and 
eight grandchildren, Joshua James, Serena Jane and Jennifer Docia Hartley, 
Delaina Gail Sperry, Chelsea Julian and Ethan Logan Reynolds and Sarah Ellen and 
Albert Wesley Bolinger.  Services will be held at Hopewell Cumberland 
Presbyterian Church near Clinton Wednesday, June 7, at 11 a.m.  Officiating will 
be Rev. Ivan Dameron.  Burial will be at Englewood Cemetery in Clinton.

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