Source: Daily Ardmoreite Web Posted
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Ardmore native Rex Sparger, 64, died April 9, 1997, at the veterans hospital in Tucson, Ariz. No services are scheduled.
Sparger, born April 20, 1933, was reared in Ardmore, where he worked in his family's restaurants. He attended George Washington University. While on active duty in Germany, he was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1956-1960, serving two terms. He headed the state Office of Economic Opportunity and was one of the authors of Oklahoma's Merit System, the Central Purchasing Act, the District Attorney Legislation and Repeal of Prohibition. Simultaneously with his legislative service, he was a journalist and sports editor of The Daily Ardmoreite as well as executive secretary of the Oklahoma Young Democrats. He was later associate editor of The Oklahoma Journal, the nation's first major offset daily newspaper.
Sparger was an author and worked in television at Screen Gems and developed promotional methods for Dick Clark's productions. He was tracking the first Stars and Stripes at the time of his death and believed the actual flag still exists.
He is survived by three children, Tiger, Ricky and Robin.
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Ardmore native Rex Sparger, 64, died April 9, 1997, at the veterans hospital in Tucson, Ariz. No services are scheduled.
Sparger, born April 20, 1933, was reared in Ardmore, where he worked in his family's restaurants. He attended George Washington University. While on active duty in Germany, he was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1956-1960, serving two terms. He headed the state Office of Economic Opportunity and was one of the authors of Oklahoma's Merit System, the Central Purchasing Act, the District Attorney Legislation and Repeal of Prohibition. Simultaneously with his legislative service, he was a journalist and sports editor of The Daily Ardmoreite as well as executive secretary of the Oklahoma Young Democrats. He was later associate editor of The Oklahoma Journal, the nation's first major offset daily newspaper.
Sparger was an author and worked in television at Screen Gems and developed promotional methods for Dick Clark's productions. He was tracking the first Stars and Stripes at the time of his death and believed the actual flag still exists.
He is survived by three children, Tiger, Ricky and Robin.
Source: Daily Ardmoreite Web Posted
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Ardmore native Rex Sparger, 64, died April 9, 1997, at the veterans hospital in Tucson, Ariz. No services are scheduled.
Sparger, born April 20, 1933, was reared in Ardmore, where he worked in his family's restaurants. He attended George Washington University. While on active duty in Germany, he was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1956-1960, serving two terms. He headed the state Office of Economic Opportunity and was one of the authors of Oklahoma's Merit System, the Central Purchasing Act, the District Attorney Legislation and Repeal of Prohibition. Simultaneously with his legislative service, he was a journalist and sports editor of The Daily Ardmoreite as well as executive secretary of the Oklahoma Young Democrats. He was later associate editor of The Oklahoma Journal, the nation's first major offset daily newspaper.
Sparger was an author and worked in television at Screen Gems and developed promotional methods for Dick Clark's productions. He was tracking the first Stars and Stripes at the time of his death and believed the actual flag still exists.
He is survived by three children, Tiger, Ricky and Robin.
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Ardmore native Rex Sparger, 64, died April 9, 1997, at the veterans hospital in Tucson, Ariz. No services are scheduled.
Sparger, born April 20, 1933, was reared in Ardmore, where he worked in his family's restaurants. He attended George Washington University. While on active duty in Germany, he was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1956-1960, serving two terms. He headed the state Office of Economic Opportunity and was one of the authors of Oklahoma's Merit System, the Central Purchasing Act, the District Attorney Legislation and Repeal of Prohibition. Simultaneously with his legislative service, he was a journalist and sports editor of The Daily Ardmoreite as well as executive secretary of the Oklahoma Young Democrats. He was later associate editor of The Oklahoma Journal, the nation's first major offset daily newspaper.
Sparger was an author and worked in television at Screen Gems and developed promotional methods for Dick Clark's productions. He was tracking the first Stars and Stripes at the time of his death and believed the actual flag still exists.
He is survived by three children, Tiger, Ricky and Robin.
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