Kevin Wayne Sparling, 48, of Wabash, went to be with the Lord, at 2:52 pm, Friday, April 10, 2015, at Parkview Wabash Hospital.

He was born April 7, 1967 in Wabash, to Wayne and Beverly (Wolfrum) Sparling.

He married Mary A. Simms at the Wabash Friends Church on July 7, 1995.

Kevin was a 1985 graduate of Wabash High School. He worked at Ford Meter Box for 20 years and in the family business at Kitchens Plus. He was a member of Emmanuel Free Will Baptist Church and the Wabash Cannonball Motorcycle Club. He enjoyed woodworking and watching motocross, I.U. basketball, and Chicago Bears football.

He is survived by his wife, Mary A. Sparling; two children, Kayla N. Sparling and Drake A. Sparling; parents, Wayne and Beverly Sparling, and three sisters, Caryn (Tim) Middleton, Cheryl (Rodney) Holmes, and Carole (Kim) Hiner, all of Wabash; father-in-law, John (Jean) Sims of Dunkirk; sisters-in-law, Janie Hogan of Phoenix, Ariz., and Phyllis “Cookie” Earhart of Marion; brothers-in-law, Steven Earhart of Marion, and William Waggoner of Wabash, and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Susan Kay Sparling, and his mother-in-law, Charlene Sims.

Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash, and 1 hour prior to the service Thursday at the Emmanueal Free Will Baptist Church, 129 Southwood Drive, Wabash.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at Emmanuel Free Will Baptist Church, with Rev. Terry Hinds officiating. Burial will be in Friends Cemetery, Wabash.

Preferred memorial is his children, Kayla and Drake Sparling.

Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, Inc., Wabash, was in charge of arrangements.