Cleon
Sparby, 81
Grygla
- Cleon Sparby, 81, died Wednesday, February 7,
2001 at Northwest Medical Center in Thief River
Falls.
Funeral
services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February
10 at United Lutheran Church in Gatzke with Rev.
Sandra Hollands officiating. Gloria Sistad was the
organist. Duets were presented by Muriel Larson and
Mary Ann Lunsetter. Casketbearers were Cleon's
nieces and nephews. Interment was in Landstad
Cemetery at Gatzke with Green Funeral Home of Thief
River Falls in charge of the
arrangements.
Cleon
Sparby was born on August 2, 1919 in Velt township
of Marshall county, the son of Ole and Amelia
(Libak) Sparby. He was baptized in the Lutheran
faith and grew up in Ekvold township of Marshall
county.
Cleon
worked as a farm laborer and at Arctic Cat in Thief
River Falls.
He
enjoyed playing his mouth organ and steel
guitar.
Survivors
include a brother, Alton (Alva) Sparby of Grygla;
two sisters, Ella Willman and Edel Nordvick, both
of San Francisco, Calif.; and many nieces and
nephews.
Cleon
was preceded in death by his parents; five
brothers, including one in infancy; and three
sisters. A00003B2000FB14
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