Joyce Fern Sparks

Joyce Fern Sparks, age 92, passed away Monday, April 22, 2024 in Tyler, Texas. She was born March 3, 1932 at home in Jasper County, Illinois. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 29, 2024 at Shiloh Cemetery in Kokomo, Indiana. Joyce retired as a Postmaster for the United States Postal Service in 1998. Joyce had a loving passion for genealogy.

She is preceded in death by husband of 57 years, Richard D. Sparks; parents, Benjamin F. and Dean Oral (Wetherholt) Foster; sister Evelyn Marie Colwell; brothers, Alvin Gene Foster and Lloyd Foster.

She is survived by daughter, Judith Ann Walter of Lindale, Texas; daughter, Clarinda Kay and husband, David Spraker of Kokomo, Indiana; sister, Pamela Sue Foster of Wheeler, Illinois; grandchildren, Eric T Walter and wife, Amanda of Lindale, Texas, Kurt R Walter of Phoenix, Arizona, Jennifer Kay Spraker and husband Nicholas Nowak of Indianapolis, Indiana, Sarah Joyce Hartman and husband, Dylan of Avon, Indiana; Niece, Karen Jean Dunne of Oakford, Indiana; along with numerous great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

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