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Dean SPARKS Obituary
Dean was a resident of Hampton for nearly 40 years. Born and raised in Marion, N.C., he went on to serve 20 years in the Air Force as a firefighter. After leaving the USAF, he worked at the NASA Langley Research Center, as a technician before retiring in 1993.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 45 years, Keiko Y. Sparks; and his sister, Betty Sparks of North Carolina.
Surviving members of his family include his son, Dean Sparks Jr. of Hampton; his daughter, Grace Sparks of Hampton; two younger brothers, William Sparks of North Carolina, Raymond Sparks of Atlanta, Ga.; a sister-in-law, Masayo Yumoto of Nagoya, Japan; and many nieces and nephews.
Arrangements are under the care of R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home.
No services are planned. Instead, his family requests that memorial contributions be made to a charity of choice. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.
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June 14, 2010
I am so sorry for your loss, my heart goes out to your family. I worked with Dean at NTF as an apprentice in the late 80's. He taught me many things dealing with the wind tunnels. He was kind to me. He will be missed.
Tommy Deans
June 14, 2010
Very sorry to hear of Dean's passing.
Worked with him for many years at NASA.
He was always willing to take on extra
projects at the National Transonic Facility and lend his expertise to others. Performance appraisals were always a pleasure with Dean, more often than not he would "appraise" my performance more than I did his. He also was the first of our group to embrace the computer as a way of making our job easier, then he taught me!! He will be greatly missed.
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