Philip Delmar Sprout, son of Edwin and Adah Collins Sprout, born Jul 31, 1893, died suddenly Tuesday morning, Jan 13, 1953, at his home on M-36 West, while he was preparing to start out with the local school bus of which he was driver.
At the age of 20 he married Ethel Cantrell of Stockbridge. His first occupation was telephone lineman. Then he worked at the Ford factory. When his father died he came to the farm to care for his mother. It has since been his home. He served on the school board and held other offices. For the past year and a half he had driven a Pinckney school bus.
A quiet, reserved man, a thoughtful, loving husband and father, he was fond of his [life ?], with great hopes and plans for his family in the future.
These are the words that best describe him [difficult to read]: "...self denials, little...passing words of sympathy...nameless acts of kindness,...victories over...temptations. These are the silent threads of gold which woven together gleam out most brightly in his pattern of life."
Preceding him in death were his parents and brother, Sidney.
Survivors are his wife Ethel, a daughter Phyllis Soule, two sons Edwin and John, a sister Mrs. Florence Gardner, and five grandchildren.
At the age of 20 he married Ethel Cantrell of Stockbridge. His first occupation was telephone lineman. Then he worked at the Ford factory. When his father died he came to the farm to care for his mother. It has since been his home. He served on the school board and held other offices. For the past year and a half he had driven a Pinckney school bus.
A quiet, reserved man, a thoughtful, loving husband and father, he was fond of his [life ?], with great hopes and plans for his family in the future.
These are the words that best describe him [difficult to read]: "...self denials, little...passing words of sympathy...nameless acts of kindness,...victories over...temptations. These are the silent threads of gold which woven together gleam out most brightly in his pattern of life."
Preceding him in death were his parents and brother, Sidney.
Survivors are his wife Ethel, a daughter Phyllis Soule, two sons Edwin and John, a sister Mrs. Florence Gardner, and five grandchildren.
Philip Delmar Sprout, son of Edwin and Adah Collins Sprout, born Jul 31, 1893, died suddenly Tuesday morning, Jan 13, 1953, at his home on M-36 West, while he was preparing to start out with the local school bus of which he was driver.
At the age of 20 he married Ethel Cantrell of Stockbridge. His first occupation was telephone lineman. Then he worked at the Ford factory. When his father died he came to the farm to care for his mother. It has since been his home. He served on the school board and held other offices. For the past year and a half he had driven a Pinckney school bus.
A quiet, reserved man, a thoughtful, loving husband and father, he was fond of his [life ?], with great hopes and plans for his family in the future.
These are the words that best describe him [difficult to read]: "...self denials, little...passing words of sympathy...nameless acts of kindness,...victories over...temptations. These are the silent threads of gold which woven together gleam out most brightly in his pattern of life."
Preceding him in death were his parents and brother, Sidney.
Survivors are his wife Ethel, a daughter Phyllis Soule, two sons Edwin and John, a sister Mrs. Florence Gardner, and five grandchildren.
At the age of 20 he married Ethel Cantrell of Stockbridge. His first occupation was telephone lineman. Then he worked at the Ford factory. When his father died he came to the farm to care for his mother. It has since been his home. He served on the school board and held other offices. For the past year and a half he had driven a Pinckney school bus.
A quiet, reserved man, a thoughtful, loving husband and father, he was fond of his [life ?], with great hopes and plans for his family in the future.
These are the words that best describe him [difficult to read]: "...self denials, little...passing words of sympathy...nameless acts of kindness,...victories over...temptations. These are the silent threads of gold which woven together gleam out most brightly in his pattern of life."
Preceding him in death were his parents and brother, Sidney.
Survivors are his wife Ethel, a daughter Phyllis Soule, two sons Edwin and John, a sister Mrs. Florence Gardner, and five grandchildren.
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