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Cecil Spratt Obituary
Cecil D. Spratt, 84, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at his home in Ottawa, Kansas.
Funeral services will be held at Dengel & Son Mortuary, 10:00 A.M., Saturday, March 8, 2014.
Friends may pay their respects to Mr. Spratt at Dengel & Son Mortuary from 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. Friday. Family will meet with friends at the mortuary at 9:00 A.M. prior to the service Saturday.
Interment Peoria Cemetery, Peoria, Kansas.
Cecil was born on Friday, August 9, 1929 in Peoria, Kansas the son of Howard and Eva (Ischy) Spratt.
He was a lifelong Franklin County resident, living in Rantoul and moving to Ottawa in 2004.
He graduated from Rantoul High School with the class of 1947.
On May 14, 1949 Cecil was united in marriage with Jewell Phillips in the Elm Grove community near Ottawa, Kansas. She preceded him in death on June 5, 2012.
He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Deanna Abel; parents; and two brothers, Joseph and Laurence Spratt.
Survivors include daughter, Kathy Gretencord and husband Mike; son, Dr. Dennis Spratt and wife Melissa all of Ottawa; nine grandchildren, Chanda Sheldon and husband Sam, Suzanne Toumberlin and husband Eric, Amanda Bures and husband Kyle, Robert Abel, Ben Abel, Kristin Shafer and husband Matt, Adam Spratt, Sara Spratt, and Jill Clavin and husband Chris; five great grandchildren, Mackenzie Snow, Megan Snow, Emma Toumberlin, Abby Toumberlin, and Ella Shafer; brother, Jon Spratt of Kansas; and two sisters-in-law, Jean Langley of Pomona, and Lynn Ruthstrom and husband Rodney of Clay Center.
Cecil worked for Bennett's Creamery for twenty-five years as a chemist. He later was a laborer doing construction with Laborers Union Local 1290 Kansas City, Kansas. Following his retirement he collected, restored and sold antiques and reupholstered furniture. Throughout his life he was a farmer and cattleman.
Cecil and his wife were charter members and on the board with the Power of the Past Antique Engine & Tractor Club. He was also a member of the Laborers Union Local 1290 Kansas City, Kansas.
The family suggests memorial contributions to Power of the Past or Franklin County Historical Society c/o Dengel & Son Mortuary, 235 S. Hickory, Ottawa, Kansas 66067. An online Guest Book is available at www.dengelmortuary.com.
Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries.LJWorld.com.
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