L. Jay Sparks
June 27, 1892- April 30, 1972
BERRIEN SPRINGS--L. Jay Sparks, 79, of Fairland Rd., died at 7:30 a.m Sunday in Pawating Hospital, Niles, after an illness of several months.
A retired farmer, Mr. Sparks was born June 27, 1892, in Berrien County, and had lived here all his life. On Nov. 25, 1914, in South Bend, he married the former Verna Young, who died in 1949.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. John Ducey of Niles and Mrs. Edith McCoy of Palos Park, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Jones of Notre Dame, Ind., and Mildred Sparks of Coloma; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Committal services were held at 11 a.m today in Silverbrook Cemetery, with the Rev. Donald E. Gordon of the First Presbyterian Church officiating.
Local arrangements were made by the Halbritter Funeral Home.
Memorials may be given to the Sparks Memorial Library, Berrien Springs.
Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 1, 1972, page 2, col. 3-4, microfilm Niles District Library
