Payette Enterprise
Thursday, October 05, 1916
Little Mabel Sparks, the two and one-half year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sparks, whose serious illness was reported in our Fruitland items, died Wednesday afternoon from enteritis. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral.
Payette Enterprise (Thursday, October 12, 1916)
DIED
Thursday afternoon the funeral services for little Mary Mabel Sparks, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sparks, who died last Wednesday of enteritis, at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Duell, was held. Rev. Ford Burtch spoke words of comfort to the sorrowing relatives and friends. Little Mabel was one of the fairest and sweetest "flowerets" and if her life here was so sweet what will it be there, with the "Lord of Paradise." "My beautiful lily, thy leaves will unfold in a clime that is purer and brighter than earth's." Interment was made at Payette cemetery.
Fruitland Banner (Friday, October 06, 1916)
Little Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sparks Dies
Mable Sparks, the three-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sparks, died last Wednesday afternoon about 4 o'clock at the home of the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Duell. The little girl had been ill about a week with acute stomach trouble.
Note: According the Idaho Death Index, Mabel was born 1-12-1914 and died 10-4-1916. (ch)
