Sperlich, Eileen 

KILGORE -- Services for Eileen Sperlich, 86, of Kilgore, will be 10 a.m. 
Friday, September 1, 2006, at the Rader Funeral Home Chapel, with the 
Reverend Harry LaGrone officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Moriah 
Cemetery. Ms. Sperlich died Tuesday, August 29, 2006, in Kilgore. Ms. 
Sperlich was born February 22, 1920, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to Willie 
Sperlich and Beulah Martin Sperlich, who preceded her in death. She was 
a graduate of Kilgore High School and Texas Christian University. Ms. 
Sperlich went to work for the Kilgore Police Department and maintained 
all of the department's records as well as being the dispatcher. In the 
words of one of her former chiefs, "She did it all." She was 
well-respected by everyone on the police force. Ms. Sperlich retired 
from the police department after 30 years in 1987. She was a member of 
First Christian Church of Kilgore. She was preceded in death by her 
parents; stepfather, Ed Merritt; a brother, Frank Sperlich; and a 
sister, Lavern Wheaton. Ms. Sperlich is survived by a brother and 
sister-in-law, John and Gloria Sperlich of Arlington; four nephews, 
Jay Wheaton of Arlington, Steve Sperlich of Longview, Mark Sperlich 
of Alvin, and Robert Wheaton of Arlington; three nieces, Pam Wheaton 
of Arlington, Linda Wheeler of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Sue White of 
Grapevine; special friends, Ronnie and Connie Crutcher of Kilgore, 
and their children, Alex, Chris and Veronica, Doria Ann Lucas of 
Kilgore, and Martha Enriquez of Kilgore; and several great-nieces and 
nephews. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer 
Society, P.O. Box 2167, Kilgore, TX 75663. The family will receive 
friends from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday evening, August 31, 2006, at Rader 
Funeral Home. Please leave online condolences at www.Raderfuneralhome.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 8/31/2006.