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Julie Sparage Obituary

September 21, 1922 - August 17, 2025 Julie Adler Sparage, age 102, of Granada Hills, CA, passed on Sunday, August 17. She is survived by two sons, Gary R Sparage and Randall S Sparage, and two grandsons, Dustin J Sparage and Jeremy M Sparage.
Her husband of 68 years, Edward Sparage, passed in 2014. Her daughter, Laurie Sparage Clayton, passed in 2017. A third grandson, Joshua H Sparage, passed in 2003. Julie was a dancer, choreographer and entrepreneur who ran dance schools in Detroit, MI, before moving to California in 1967. In 1980, she co-founded Tremaine Dance Conventions with her choreographer business partner Joe Tremaine.
Julie had many friends, relatives and business associates who would all attest to her unswerving warmth, kindness and positivity toward everyone she knew.

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Published by Los Angeles Times on Aug. 22, 2025.

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