Frances V. Sparks
August 17th, 1916 - March 23rd, 2002
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Frances's Obituary
Frances V. Sparks, 85, of Benton Harbor, died Saturday,
March 23, 2002 at Lakeland Hospital-St. Joseph. A service
celebrating her life will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday at
Starks & Menchinger Family Funeral Home, 2650 Niles Rd.,
St. Joseph. Burial will follow at North Shore Memory
Gardens, Coloma. Friends may call on Tuesday from 5-8
P.M. at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made
to the American Heart Association or the Coloma Senior
Citizens Center Building Fund.
Mrs. Sparks was born on August 17, 1916 in Whitehall,
Michigan to John & May (Dawson) Brant. On July 27, 1935
she married Charles ?Shorty? Sparks in St. Joseph. Frances
was employed by Montgomery Wards in St. Joseph, A&P
Grocery in Benton Harbor and for many years owned &
operated Tres Chic Beauty Salon on Broad St. in downtown
St. Joseph. Mrs. Sparks was a member of the Coloma Senior
Citizens Center, and also loved oil painting, quilting, and
reading.
Mrs. Sparks is survived by her daughter-Charlene (Tom)
Renner of Watervliet; her daughter-in-law-Wanda Sparks of
Judsonia, AK; ten grandchildren, forty great-grandchildren,
five great-great grandchildren; her sister-Edna Sonnichsen of
Benton Harbor; two brother-in laws-Tom Sparks of St.
Joseph, Earl Sparks of Clarkston, MI; and a sister in law-Faye
Sparks. Frances was preceded in death by her parents; her
husband-“Shorty” in 1984; her son Philip in 1997; and by two
brothers & a sister
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