Sparta High School Alumni Obituaries

Marvin's wonderful wife and our loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother Joy Darlene (Quinn) Williams, of Sparta, Missouri, passed away peacefully Monday, December 1, 2025 in her home. Joy was 89 years old.She was born in Mossyrock, Washington on November 25, 1936 t...

Mr. Joe Earl Pullin age 75 of Sparta formerly of Arizona passed away unexpectedly in the Emergency Room of St. Thomas Highlands Hospital in Sparta on February 2 2026. Joe was born June 14 1950 in Senath Missouri to the late Henry Earl and Mattie Lou Long Pullin. He was a proud 1968 graduate of Senat...

Mr. Bobbie Joe Ragland better known as Bob age 83 of Sparta passed away Friday December 19 2025 at Life Care Center of Sparta. Bob was born September 13 1942 in McMinnville Tennessee to the late Carlos and Clara Ola Elrod Ragland. Bob was a 1961 graduate of White County High School. After graduation...

Carolyn Edge Mora age 93 of DeFuniak Springs FL went to be with her Lord on January 20 2026. She was born on September 13 1932 in the small community of Hammoc Alabama the younger daughter of Loris Ophelia and George Marion Edge. At the age of eighteen she married an air force soldier from Ohio. Dur...

Anita June Phipps Love age 95 of Independence VA passed away on Friday Jan. 23 2026 at the Woltz Hospice House in Dobson NC following a brief illness. She was born on June 22 1930 in Grayson County to Ben Hurley and Velva Cox Phipps. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husban...

The family of Wilma Louise Jones Moxley 73 of Independence VA is deeply saddened to share that she passed away on Monday January 5 2026 at LewisGale Medical Center in Salem Virginia. Louise was born on March 22 1952 in Jefferson NC to Arzie and Gladys Jones. She graduated from Alleghany High School...

Bath Meet Gerard Francis Dorian who was born on November 18 1926 in Rumford Maine the son of Joshua and Olive Doucette Dorion. After his mothers passing in 1944 Gerard who suffered from tuberculosis entered the Hebron Sanitorium where he received treatment into the early 1950s and recovered from TB....

Anna Vitiello 89 of Lewiston passed away peacefully on February 14th at dYouville Pavilion. She was born in Camden Maine on February 9 1929 to Antonino and Giovanna Sparta. Anna graduated from Bates College and was a longtime resident of Lewiston. She was a teacher at Lewiston High School before ret...

Elmer Butch Berry Jr.LewistonElmer Butch Berry Jr. died November 9 2022. He was born on April 30 1936 a son of Elmer and Florence Cleveland Berry Sr. Elmer was educated in local schools and graduated from Edward Little High School. In his younger days he was a stuntman for Si Sidlinger His Death De...

Mary Lou Carlin West CMSgt Ret. USAF age 75 unexpectedly passed in her sleep in the early morning hours of January 3 2026 in Lyndon Station Wisconsin. Mary was born on November 9 1950 in Reedsburg Wisconsin to Elliot Bud Carlin and Evelyn Peterson Carlin. She graduated from Baraboo High School in 19...

DEFOREST Dorothy Ann Robertson age 81 passed away on Wednesday January 21 2026 after a courageous battle with COPD. Dort was born on September 6 1944 in Sparta WI to Bernard and Dorothy Haphenbreadle Beach. She grew up in Sparta and graduated from Sparta High School in 1962. Dort married the love o...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Roy Kvistad Jr. on February 6, 2026, at the age of 59. Roy was born December 17, 1966, to Roy and Roberta (Leisgang) Kvistad in Sparta, WI.Roy attended Blair High School and graduated in 1986. After graduation he enlisted in the National Guar...

Diana L. Jackson 79 of Onalaska passed away Friday Dec. 19 2025 at the Onalaska Care Center surrounded by her loved ones after a brief battle with cancer. Diana was born Nov. 26 1946 in Beloit Wis. to Lester and Lillian George the second of four sisters. The George family moved to Sparta Wis. in the...

Justin M. Flock 44 of Sparta passed away unexpectedly doing what he loved hunting with his son Mavrick on Saturday January 10 2026. He grew up in Sparta and graduated from Sparta High School in 2000. In addition to working on his family farm Waterway Farms he worked for Wagner Farms and also worked ...

Jean Joyce Shepherd Hays was born on December 13 1939 to Louise and Floyd Shepherd in La Crosse Wisconsin. She graduated from Central High School in La Crosse Wisconsin in 1957. She was united in marriage in 1960 to Stanley Bruce Hays and together they had three children Bill Sue Unfred of Oregon Ci...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the unexpected passing of Michelle Anne Reed age 41 on January 25 2026 at her home. Born on January 7 1985 Michelle lived life exactly the way she wanted toto the fullest. She was truly the life of the party a social butterfly with a contagious laugh that cou...

Antoinette Toni L. Juen 42 passed away on Friday January 16 2026 at her home in La Crosse WI. She was born on April 12 1983. She graduated from Onalaska High School in 2001. Toni was a lover of music at an early age. She loved singing and putting on shows in the back yard. In high school she was a m...

Beverly A. Donahue 82 of Sparta passed away on Friday January 16 2026 at Gundersen by Emplify in La Crosse. She was born on October 14 1943 to Walter and Lola Blaser Hoyer in Marysville Kansas. She grew up in rural Cummings Kansas and graduated from Atchison County Community High School in Effingham...

Daniel R. Haley 76 of Chippewa Falls passed away Wednesday February 4 2026 at the Chippewa Manor in Chippewa Falls under the care of St. Croix Hospice surrounded by loved ones. Born to Dr. John B. and Mary Katherine Kern Haley on May 13 1949 in Chippewa Falls. He grew up in Chippewa Falls and spent ...

It is with heavy hearts that we must announce the passing of James W. Barry Jr. who passed away on October 25 2025. James or Jimmy as he was known by most was a beloved son brother nephew cousin and friend to all who were blessed to know him. Jimmy was born on November 17 of 1968 to James and Patric...

Martha S. Lawrence Mitchell was born on August 4 1940 in Emanuel County Georgia minutes after her twin sister Mary Lawrence who preceded her in death. Martha was the ninth of 13 children of the late Richard Arthur Lawrence Sr. and Leola Palmer Lawrence. She was CoCaptain of the Emanual County High S...

Genevieve Sparta nee Dubanowicz 95 died peacefully at her home on Saturday January 10 2026. Genevieve was born and raised in Jersey City. She met Lawrence Sparta shortly after graduating high school. At the tender age of 19 she and Lawrence married and moved into the Sparta family home in Lyndhurst ...

With deep love and profound sadness we announce the passing of our cherished mother Donna Rose Latrenta Conti who passed away on Saturday December 6 2025 surrounded by her children and fianc. She is the beloved mother of Joseph Joey Conti and partner Mike Millan Daniel Danny Conti and wife Alissa Sc...

Funeral services for Donald Randa age 90 of Verdigre Nebraska will be 1100 a.m. Saturday January 10 2026 at United Methodist Church in Verdigre. Delores Ruzicka will officiate with burial in Riverside Cemetery in Verdigre. Donald Lee Randa was born on August 26 1935 at home in Verdigre Nebraska to B...

Born at Latrobe Hospital on March 27 1937 she was the daughter of the late John H. Conomos and Bessie Conomos nee Stathopoulou. She spent her first three years in Blairsville Pennsylvania and moved with her family to Glassport Pennsylvania in 1940. She graduated from Glassport High School in 1955 an...

Thomas Alan Toy 70 of Henderson Kentucky passed away Sunday December 28 2025 at The Waters Skilled Nursing Center in Rockport Indiana. He was born October 9 1955 to the late Kenneth King Toy and Vinnie Katherine Toy Trent in Henderson. Thomas was a graduate of Henderson County High School. He was a ...

Manuel Lorenzo Manuel Lorenzo Rhodicio Alvarez Majon 99 embarked on his final journey on Wednesday January 28 2026 at Autumn Care of Drexel with his wife Deborah daughter Alicia and granddaughter Marisa by his side along with his caregivers from Autumn Care and Burke Hospice. Manuel was born in Sant...

Floyd Dean Ferrell, age 92, passed away peacefully at his home in Rolla, Missouri, on December 13, 2025. He was born on January 3, 1933, in Bruner, Missouri, and graduated from Sparta High School in Sparta, Missouri, in 1950. Floyd proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1953 to 19...

Ronald Ronnie M. Wright 35 of Sparta died on Wednesday January 14 2026 in Cataract. He was born on April 18 1990 to Charisse A. Henley and Michael J. Wright at St. Francis Hospital in La Crosse. Ronnie lived in La Crosse WI Scottsdale Phoenix and Mesa AZ Cocoa Beach and Sarasota FL as well as Sparta...

Betty Jean Samuel age 98 of Sparta KY passed away peacefully on 12232025 at Gallatin Nursing and Rehab. Betty was born September 11 1927 to her late parents Alva and Mary Alice Dickerson. It being a Sunday when Betty was ready to be delivered Alva rode on horseback to the Warsaw Methodist Church kno...