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Genevieve (McNally) Sparkes

Posted 2010-05-18 by Sharon
The Prescott Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Tuesday, June 27, 1978, page 12.1

Genevieve Sparkes

Genevieve McNally Sparkes, 79, died at Wickenburg Hospital Saturday,
June 24.

A member of a prominent Prescott pioneer family, she attended school in
Prescott and was a gradate of Tempe Normal School, now Arizona State
University. She recently attended her 50th class reunion at the
university.

Mrs. Sparkes taught in the Prescott elementary schools, and tutored at
Sacred Heart School and St. Joseph's Academy. She later moved to
Wickenburg and taught here for 20 years prior to her retirement.

She is survived by two nephews, Dr. J. B. McNally and D. G. F. McNally,
both of Prescott; and a niece, Mrs. Kathleen Pape of Phoenix.

Rosary will be recited at the Ruffner Funeral home at 7 this evening.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church
at 10 a.m. Wednesday with burial following at Mountain View Cemetery.

The family suggests memorials to the Scholarship fund of Sacred Heart
School, 131 N. Summit Ave., Prescott, AZ, 86301.

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Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona
Tuesday, June 27, 1978, page 36.5

Genevieve Sparkes

Prescott - Rosary for Genevieve M. Sparkes, 79, who died June 24, 1978,
at Wickenburg Hospital, will be at 7 p.m. today at Ruffner Funeral
Home. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church.

Mrs. Sparkes, a Prescott native, was a member of a pioneer Prescott
family. Her father, Dr. John B. McNally, settled in the Prescott area
in the 1880's.

Mrs. Sparkes was an elementary school teacher in Prescott until the
late 1950's when she moved to Wickenburg. She also taught in
Wickenburg for 20 years.

Survivors include two nephews and a niece.

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The Wickenburg Sun, Wickenburg, Arizona
Thursday, June 29, 1978, page 4

GENEVIEVE SPARKES

A former primary schoolteacher in the local school system, Genevieve
Sparkes, died last Saturday in the Wickenburg Hospital. Mrs. Sparkes
taught first and second grades from 1950 until 1953 and then was a
second grade teacher in Wickenburg until 1969.

Mass for Mrs. Sparkes was Wednesday morning this week in Sacred Heart
Church in Prescott. She was a Prescott native ad a member of a pioneer
Prescott family. Her father, Dr. John B. McNally, settled in the
Prescott area in the 1880s. She also had taught elementary school in
Prescott before moving to Wickenburg.

Surviving are two nephews and a niece.




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