In Memory

Jean Norris Sparling (De Golia) - Class Of 1938

Jean Norris Sparling (De Golia)

Jean Norris Sparling De Golia, died at age 86 on March 9, 2007 while living in Tustin, California.  She led a long and good life.

Jean married Harold G. De Golia, Jr. while they were still attending SPHS (truly high school sweethearts; they eloped to a justice of the peace in San Bernardino) and they shared their lives until Harold's death in 1995.  They raised their four children in South Pas just as their parents had done - Edwinda De Golia Wiersma (SPHS '60), Ray De Golia (SPHS '64), Jim De Golia (SPHS '68), and Cathy De Golia (SPHS '70) until they "grew up".  After Harold's death, Jean continued to live a full life on her own, showing love and humor to the very end.

Jim De Golia, son