Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  DORIS J. SPARKS

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DORIS J. SPARKS 

Doris J. Sparks passed away June 23, 2000 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma following 
an extended illness. 

She was born on February 10, 1917 in Pawhuska the daughter of George 
Thomas and Julia (Waller) Crawford and attended Pawhuska schools, 
graduating Pawhuska High School in 1938. 

November 28, 1940 in Carthage, Missouri, she married George R. Sparks who 
preceded her in death on May 18, 1989. 

Doris was a member of The First Baptist Church of Pawhuska and the Vota 
Vita Sunday Class.

Doris worked for four years at Woolworth's in Pawhuska, two years for 
Kress's in Bartlesville and twenty-five years for Safeway in Bartlesville. 

The Sparks family returned to Pawhuska In 1970, after ill health forced 
Mr. Sparks to retire in 1967. 

Surviving are: A son, Tom and his wife Linda Sparks of Norman, Oklahoma; 
two step-sons, Gerry Sparks and Larry Sparks, both of Bakersfield. 
California; two brothers, Charles Crawford and his wife Maxine of 
Pawhuska, and Lloyd Crawford and his wife Ann of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; a 
sister, Telitha Edmundson of Pasadena, California; two grandsons, John 
Sparks of Houston, Texas and Scott Sparks of Tulsa, Oklahoma; a great 
granddaughter, April Sparks and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives 
and friends.

Services were held Monday, June 26, in the First Baptist Church in 
Pawhuska with Doctor Larry Wallace officiating. 

Burial was in The Pawhuska Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral 
Directors.