Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Sparks, Hattie E. (Wilkinson) 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net November 7, 2009, 7:44 pm Lowell Ledger, 23 May 1907 Funeral services of Mrs. Robert Sparks, who died Sunday, were held from the home in Keene Wednesday afternoon, May 22, Rev. A.B. Johnson of Saranac officiating, and the body was laid to rest in the Marble cemetery, which she had done so much to beautify. Hattie E. Wilkinson, daughter and oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Wilkinson, was born in the township of Boston, Ionia County, Aug. 28, 1871, and departed this life at Ann Arbor, Sunday, May 19, 1907, after an illness of many months. At the age of 5 years she came with her parents to Keene, which has been her home through her life. She was married to Robert Sparks Nov. 13, 1889, and to this union was born one son, Floyd, who, with her husband, father, mother, one sister, Mrs. Geo. Golds, and two brothers, Dr. M.B. and Milton A. Wilkinson of Saranac, is left to mourn her loss. She was a delightful, affectionate daughter and sister, a beautiful wife and mother, and was ever reaching out a loving, helpful hand to all her many friends. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/sparks1248nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb