1923
Irene
2010
Irene B. Sperling
December 1, 1923 — July 4, 2010
Irene Bernice Sperling, 86, of Newton, died Sunday (July 4, 2010) at the Newton Medical Center.
She was born on December 1, 1923 in Fairbury, Neb., the daughter of Peter R. and Anna Thiessen Harms. She graduated from high school in Paxton, Nebraska in 1942 and later attended Tabor College in Hillsboro, Ks.
Irene married Menno M. Sperling on June 14, 1946 at the Mennonite Brethren Church near Paxton, Neb. They moved to Newton where they lived for one year until moving to rural Harvey County to farm. Upon their retirement, they returned to Newton.
Irene was baptized in 1933. She had been members of the Garden Mennonite Church of Hesston, First Mennonite Church of Newton and more recently Grace Community Church of Newton.
Irene had taught elementary school for three years near Madrid and Paxton, Nebraska. In 1966, she began working at the Halstead Hospital and later in Newton at Bethel Hospital, retiring in 1988.
Survivors include sons Randall Lee Sperling and his wife LaVon of Lincoln, Neb. and Delbert Wayne Sperling and his wife Kathy of Grant, Neb.; daughter Jane Ann Busenitz and her husband Lester of rural Newton, Ks.; brothers Melvin Harms of Dallas, Oreg., Merlin Harms of Grant, Neb., Eldon Harms of Madrid, Neb., Dale Harms of Arkansas City, Ks., and Jerry Harms of Madrid, Neb.; nine grandchildren Charlotte Norris, Greg Busenitz, Sheila Crocivera, Chad Busenitz, Marcy Ranfeld, Ryan Sperling, Jodi Flanagan, Monica Voss, and Tonya Jolly; and 14 great grandchildren.
Irene is preceded in death by her parents; husband on June 29, 1994; two brothers Herb and Lee Harms.
Graveside services and interment will be held at 9:30 A.M., Thursday (July 8, 2010) at the Garden Church Cemetery, North of Halstead.
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday at the Grace Community Church in Newton.
Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday 1pm til 9pm where the family will receive friends 6 til 8.
A memorial has been established with the library at Grace Community Church, contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, Ks. 67114.
She was born on December 1, 1923 in Fairbury, Neb., the daughter of Peter R. and Anna Thiessen Harms. She graduated from high school in Paxton, Nebraska in 1942 and later attended Tabor College in Hillsboro, Ks.
Irene married Menno M. Sperling on June 14, 1946 at the Mennonite Brethren Church near Paxton, Neb. They moved to Newton where they lived for one year until moving to rural Harvey County to farm. Upon their retirement, they returned to Newton.
Irene was baptized in 1933. She had been members of the Garden Mennonite Church of Hesston, First Mennonite Church of Newton and more recently Grace Community Church of Newton.
Irene had taught elementary school for three years near Madrid and Paxton, Nebraska. In 1966, she began working at the Halstead Hospital and later in Newton at Bethel Hospital, retiring in 1988.
Survivors include sons Randall Lee Sperling and his wife LaVon of Lincoln, Neb. and Delbert Wayne Sperling and his wife Kathy of Grant, Neb.; daughter Jane Ann Busenitz and her husband Lester of rural Newton, Ks.; brothers Melvin Harms of Dallas, Oreg., Merlin Harms of Grant, Neb., Eldon Harms of Madrid, Neb., Dale Harms of Arkansas City, Ks., and Jerry Harms of Madrid, Neb.; nine grandchildren Charlotte Norris, Greg Busenitz, Sheila Crocivera, Chad Busenitz, Marcy Ranfeld, Ryan Sperling, Jodi Flanagan, Monica Voss, and Tonya Jolly; and 14 great grandchildren.
Irene is preceded in death by her parents; husband on June 29, 1994; two brothers Herb and Lee Harms.
Graveside services and interment will be held at 9:30 A.M., Thursday (July 8, 2010) at the Garden Church Cemetery, North of Halstead.
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday at the Grace Community Church in Newton.
Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday 1pm til 9pm where the family will receive friends 6 til 8.
A memorial has been established with the library at Grace Community Church, contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, Ks. 67114.
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