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Sparland News Highlights Local Deaths and Visits
Sparland reports the death of Eliza Doyle Betts at 59 after a life of service to church and Red Cross, funeral at Bethel church led by Rev. Bowlin with Star and Rose society ties noted. Bruce Frisbey of Sparland dies of pneumonia in Spencer Iowa at 28, funeral in Walcott Iowa. Allison Garrett travels to attend. Local births include Superintendent Dennis’s son. multiple family visits and funeral attendance detailed along with community notices and small ads.
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James Wilson
Minnie
Nellie Tanquary
Henry
F. H. Gehr
Peoria
M. R. Rose
Indiana
Allison Garrett
Spencer
Iowa
Bruce Frisbey
Wilbur Root
Monmouth
Mary Riddell
T. E. Gapen
Mabelle Gehr
May Shoaff
Arleen
John van Antwerp
JL. N. Osborne
Osborne
C. D. Marshall
Mary Marshall
William Osborne
W. S. Osborne
Frank Farling
M. W. Sparr
John VanAntwerp
T. VanAntwerp
William Ferro
Chicago
Benjamin Hewitt
Fanny Royce
Calvin Royce
Alfred Betts
Eliza Doyle
Thomas
Hannah Doyle
Saratoga Township
Roscoe
Matilda Clarke
Wesley
Simeon Doyle
Frank
Boulder
Cole
Betts
Losta Betts
California
Bethel Aid Society
Red Cross
Rena Tanquary
Ethel Watkins
Ira Hodge
Meryl Gallup
Leland Monier
Jesus
Tanquary
Watkins
Wilbur Hastings
Frank Wunder
Foward Damm
Edward Tanquary
Thomas Monier
Calvin Toomey
Sparland Cemetery
Sparland
Electa Frisbey
Sparland High School
Walcott
Milwaukee & St. Louis
E. B. Royce
Donald Lee Royce
Grant
Louis
Fred
Emery
Baptist Church
Rev. Johnson
Earth
Kingdom of Heaven
Mort Ross
Beulah Kent
Hatfield
Ark
Oklahoma
Leslie M. Holmes
Panama
Eliza Betts
Amasa Garrett
Bruce
Mary Ann