William Glen Sparkman

William Glen Sparkman was born in Springfield, to John and Dorothy Sparkman on Sept. 3, 1961. Sparkman passed away Aug. 23, 2021, at 11:59 a.m. in Oklahoma City.
Sparkman started kindergarten in Galena, but spent the rest of his schooling at Republic, graduating in 1979. He was on the varsity football team, as well as FFA and 4-H, and spent much of his summers showing Milking Shorthorn cattle with the rest of the family as well as the busy work that evolved around farm life. In 1984, while he was working at Kraft Foods, he graduated from SMSU with a geology degree.
Sparkman married Jo Vandeventer in August of that year and they moved to Louisiana where he worked for Schlumberger offshore for two years. He then moved back to Springfield/Republic area where he worked for Monarch, as well as helped his father with his livestock.
He started nursing school in 1988 and upon graduation he worked for Cox Health Care Systems and then Select, before ultimately becoming a traveling nurse. The loves of his life were born during his marriage to Jo, namely Alaina in January of 1986 and Stephanie in January of 1988.
Sparkman is survived by his daughter Alaina (Richie), children Blake and Scott of Springfield, daughter Stephanie (Desmond) son Myles of Oklahoma City, Okla., sister Sally (Dan) of Graff, brothers John (Cass) of Republic, and Don (Sheri) of Oakland, Tenn., as well as a large list of family and friends.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date.