James \u201cEddie\u201d Edward Sparing, Sr. <\/p>\n
Eddie Sparing died of natural causes at home in Helena, August 20, 2010, with his loving wife at his side. He was 82 years of age. Eddie was born April 15, 1928 in Helena. He was the fourth of five sons born to Carl & Elizabeth (Clausen) Sparing. He grew up in the family home on Peosta Street. He attended Helena Schools and graduated from Helena High School in 1946. After graduation from High School he joined the U.S. Army and proudly served his country in Panama. He married his devoted wife Deloris \u201cPete\u201d Green after his military discharge on November 27, 1948 and they were blessed with two children, Jim and Susan and made their home in Helena. <\/p>\n
Eddie started employment with Mountain Bell February 1, 1951 as a central office equipment installer and ended his 32 year telephone company career as the head of the construction department for U.S. West for the state of Montana. <\/p>\n
Eddie was active in the Helena Kiwanis club for many years and served as president of the club. Eddie and Pete took great pleasure in raising funds for Helena Kiwanis through the annual apple sale. He enriched the community of Helena through his participation in many service projects as a Kiwanian. He was a member of the Morning Star Masonic Lodge #5 A.F. & A.M.. He and Pete were also active members of the Summit Club and enjoyed participating in many Summit Club activities. <\/p>\n
\u201cPapa Eddie\u201d (a name first given to him by his granddaughter Michele but used by many) loved fishing and hunting and enjoyed sharing the great outdoors of Montana with his children and grandchildren. Papa Eddie and Grandma Pete could often be found traveling, camping, and visiting relatives around the state and country. <\/p>\n
He was preceded in death by his parents and 3 brothers Richard, Donald, and Walter Sparing. <\/p>\n
Eddie is survived by his loving wife Pete, his son Jim (Cindy) Sparing, Jr. of Helena, daughter Susan (Bob) Smart of Wilmington, Delaware. He is also survived by his grandchildren Michael (Blair) Smart of Nashville, TN, Sherryl (Noah) Sanders, Freeport, NY, Michele Sparing and her fianc\u00e9 Brad Russell of Helena, Jamie Yeske of Helena, Kurtis (Cali) Sparing of Belgrade, MT. He had 5 great children, Austyn and Ashleigh Crum, Ryan and Abby Yeske all of Helena, and Tagen Sanders of Freeport, NY. His legacy also includes his brother Leonard (Ina) Sparing of Helena, sisters-in-law Myrtle (Bob) Prohaska of Seattle, WA, Phyllis LeFevre of Casper, WY and brother-in-law Forrest (Karen) Green of Cody, Wy. He is also survived by many, many nieces and nephews, grand-nieces and nephews and cousins. <\/p>\n
Visitation will begin at noon, with family to receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 24th at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 25th at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorials Gardens Cemetery. Memorials in Jim\u2019s name are suggested to Frontier Hospice or to an organization of the donor\u2019s choice. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.aswfuneralhome.com<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/244066_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}