Margaret Jean (Sparks) Manley Obit
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Margaret Jean (Sparks)
Manley
Mar 23, 1928 - Mar 3, 2018
Posted by Jo Aguirre
http://www.troutperry.com/
Margaret Jean Sparks Manley, 89, loving wife, mother, and
grandmother went home to be with her Lord on March 3, 2018, after an
extended illness, at Green Valley Nursing Home.
Jean was born on March 23, 1928, at the General Hospital in Enid,
OK, to Margaret Elizabeth Clark Sparks and Charles E. (Jard) Sparks,
of Covington, OK. Jean attended Covington Public Schools until her
dad became employed by Knorr Mercantile in Wichita, KS. Jean
attended Wichita Public Schools and was baptized at
the Fairview Christian Church in Wichita, KS. In 1941, they moved to
the family farm in Billings, OK. Jean graduated from Billings High
School in 1946. She then moved to Enid and was employed as a
telephone operator for Southwestern Bell.
In May of 1948, Jean went to inquire about her friend, Ed Manley,
who was serving a tour of duty with the United States Army. She was
really surprised when Ed was at his family’s home. Jean and Ed
became engaged in September of 1948 when Jean went to visit Ed in
the oil field of Wyoming. They were married December 5, 1948, in
Worland, Wyoming. Jean continued working as a telephone operator in
Worland.
In May of 1949, they returned to Oklahoma and established their
first home west of Billings. They then moved east of Marland and
began farming. Both of their daughters were born there. In 1968,
they purchased another farm east of Billings, where they lived until
they retired in 2011, and moved to Perry.
Jean enjoyed working alongside Ed farming, raising Polled Hereford
cattle, running Manley Dozer Service, and pumping oil wells. Jean
also had many talents of her own such as driving school buses,
working in the kitchen at the Billings Fairchild Center, and keeping
up with her family and household. Jean was an active member of the
Billings Christian Church and Town and Country OHCE Club. Jean was a
very talented seamstress and taught both of her daughters and
granddaughters to sew. She loved to help 4-H members with their
sewing projects. She was an excellent cook and numerous times
delivered home-cooked, full course meals to Ed and the crew in the
field.
Her life was complete, happy, and fulfilled with years of being a
wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She married her
true love, raised a beautiful family, and lived a full and spiritual
life.
Jean is survived by her daughters: Barbara Pemberton and her
husband, Donal, of Billings, OK, Donna Parrish and her husband,
Randy, of Perry, OK; four grandchildren: Leslie Box of Perry, OK,
Jay Pemberton and his wife, Amy, of Buffalo, OK, Darin Pemberton and
his wife, Karma, of Billings, OK, and Beth Mann and her husband,
Jared of Moore, OK. She is also survived by five
great-grandchildren: Maston Box, Randi Box, Daygen Pemberton,
Everett Mann, Evelyn Mann, and Kase Pemberton. One brother, Jerry
Sparks of Billings, OK, brother-in-law, Brice Manley, of Duncan, OK,
and sister-in-law, Lela Ann Freiling and her husband, Kenneth, of
Devol, OK, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in
death by her husband, Ed, her parents, sister-in-law, Karen Sparks,
and nephew, Mark Manley.
The celebration of her life will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday,
March 6, 2018, at the Billings Christian Church in Billings, OK,
with Pastor Frank Tepe officiating.
Interment will be at the
Billings Union Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6-8
p.m. on Monday, March 5th at Trout Funeral Home of Perry, 1408 7th
Street.
Memorials and contributions in lieu of flowers can be made
to the Billings Christian Church through Trout Funeral Home, 1408
7th Street, Perry, OK 73077.
Memories may be shared with the family
at www.troutperry.com
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