Colleen Pepper Sparks, 73, Ogden/Stratford Care Center. Born in Boone. OHS-71. Earned a nursing degree from Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge. Married Brian Sparks in 1986 at the Arboretum. Worked at Woodward State Hospital and Iowa State before becoming an RN. Then, worked at the Evangelical Home in Boone, Madrid Nursing Home and Bethany Manor in Story City. Colleen loved sports and played softball and basketball in high school and continued playing in slow pitch softball leagues. Enjoyed sewing and cooking, was smart, quick-witted and had a great sense of humor and many, many friends. Boone area survivors are her sisters, Mary Pepper and Becky (Dan) Watson, and a nephew, Josh (Andrea) Clauson. A COL will be held in Ogden with burial in Beaver.
Thomas Eugene Friess, 70, Jefferson. Born in Kansas. Lived in Lake City early before the family moved to Jefferson. East Greene HS-74. Married Cindy McCoy in 1975 in Boone. Tom graduated from DMACC with the President's Award and a degree in Health Care Administration. During his work time, he aided farmers in the Rippey area, the Angus Elevator, Rippey Coop, Osmundson's and the Perry Water Works. He was a private pilot, enjoyed fishing, was an amateur radio operator and enjoyed trips to air shows and NHRA drag racing events. Tom studied the King James Bible and shared that study. Survivors include his wife, Cindy, sisters and brothers-in-law and many other relatives. Private family burial.
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