Family/Spouse: SPARLING, John. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CHAMBERS, Perry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 2/25/1956

Funeral services for Thomas B.
Sparling, 71, of 1831 Weston Aye,,
will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday
at the Gridley Funeral Home.
Mr. Sparling died yesterday (Feb.
24, 1956) at the Memorial Hospital
after a two years1 illness.
A native of Brussels, Ont., Mr.
Sparling bad resided in this city
for 70 years. A bricklayer by
trade, he had worked in local construction
until he retired two years
ago because of ill health. He was
a member bf the Niagara Falls
Bricklayers Union No. 2, AFL for
52 yean. , .
He was a past grand of Belle'vut
Lodge No. 316 IOOF and a member
of the Frontier Encampment
No. 99, IOOF. The lodge will-hold
a memorial service at 7:30 p.m.
Monday at the funeral home.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida
M. Sparling; four sons, Thomas L.
and Raymond E. Sparling, this city,
Eiwood B. Sparling, Lewiston, and
Kenneth Jr. Sparling, Santa Monica,
Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Robert C.
Witmer, this city; two sisters, Mrs.
William Newman, this city, and
Mn. Perry Chambers, Newfane;
and four grandchildren. '-
The Rev. John E. Wickenden
and the Rev. David Henry, Weeks v
will officiate at the rites. Burial]'
will be in Oakwood Cemetery.1

Thomas married BALE, Ida May on 26 Jun 1904 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY. Ida (daughter of BALE, Frank J and SUITOR, Elizabeth J) was born in May 1887 in Model City, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY; died on 10 Mar 1963 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY - Section 9. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: NEWMAN, William. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 6/23/1924

SPARLING_-Died aiddenly- J u n e 22nd.
1934 Howard B. Sparling, age 19 years.
»on of Mr. and Mrs.. Thomas B. Sparling.
w,ther of Ellrabeth, La Verne, Kenneth.
jEvmontt and Elwood. all of this city.
Vune'ral services from the family residerce
"214 Cleveland avenue. Wednesday
afternoon at four o'clock and from
the Epiphany church at 4 :30 o'clock. Rev.
David H.--Weeks officiating. Burial Oakwood
cemetery.

ALSO

Howard B. S p a r l i n g , 19. of Xo. 2'2M
Cleveland avenue was drowned froiii
canoe 15 feef. from shore, in Eighteen
Mile Creek, near Olcott Beach yesterday.
The body was-recovered in \S
foot of water. James Wishart. IS,
of \ 6 . 2409 Cleveland avenue was
r i d i n g , in the canoe with Sparting
when it capsized. Neither of t h e boys
could swim. but. W i s h a r t clung to t h e j
side, of t h e b o a t . At t h e time of t l ;^
accident Laverne Sparling, IT year
Old brother of tiie victim and Leo
Borks, 20 y e a r s old of No. 1^30 I
Cleveland avenue were on shore.
Borks saw t h e boat capsizing an>l •
told L a v e r n e ' S p a r l i n g , who a l t h o u gh
lie couldn't swim, 'jumped into t h e
water and made a desperate effort to
save his brother. His efforts were in
vain and he narrowly escaped losing
his life.
Charles Abond, of Third street, this
city, when hearing about the acci-
dent shortly after it happened rowed
three-fourths of a mile from the lake
recovered the body of the drowned boy
about a half hour later. Several per-
sons worked over the body for half
an hour until Coroner Fred r. Pickett
arrived and pronunced the lad dead.
Sparling is survived by his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Sparl-
ing; one sister, Elizabeth, and four
brothers, Laverne, Kenneth, Raymond
and Ellwood, all of this city. The
funerl will be held Wednesday after-
noon at 4 o'clock from Spiph-
any Church. The Rev. David Weeks
will officiate, burial will be in Oak-
wood cemetery. Sparling was em-
ployed by the New York Central rail-
road as a clerk in the engine house
at the north end of the city for about
two yers and was a member of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.

Family/Spouse: EMERICK, Thelma E. Thelma (daughter of EMERICK, Charles and Anna) was born on 25 Jul 1909 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 14 May 2010 in East Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raymond married SCHOLEFIELD, Muriel M on 22 Oct 1932 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Muriel (daughter of SCHOLEFIELD, Frederick and WALTERS, Amy) was born on 10 Sep 1912 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 3 Jan 2002 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Mausoleum. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elwood married FRANKLIN, Barbara Elizabeth on 24 Nov 1938 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Barbara (daughter of FRANKLIN, Charles F and Amalia M) was born on 30 Jun 1912 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 4 Dec 2000 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married WITMER, Robert Carr on 15 Oct 1937 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Robert (son of WITMER, Malcham Thebald and CARR, Clara Gertrude) was born on 26 Oct 1910 in Savannah, Wayne County, NY; died on 25 Sep 1978 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY - Section 11N. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gail married WINKLEY, Donald LeVan [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mollie married SARKUS, George Norman [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marcia married MICK, William Jay [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: GOW, Thomas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: BRAZIER, William F. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DONADIO, Matthew P. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]