A funeral service for Edward Carl Sperier, Sr., 88, of Marshall, Texas will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 19, 2024, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marshall, Texas. Interment will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with a Rosary beginning at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at Downs Funeral Home.

He was born on January 1, 1936, in Marshall, Texas to Alphonse Joseph Sperier, Sr. and Catherine Anne Stevens Sperier and passed away on September 15, 2024, in Longview, Texas.

He was in the Army from 1953 until 1987. He married Wanda Joyce Wyatt in Marshall, Texas on December 17, 1954, and the two remained married until her passing in 1991. He officiated High School football for thirty years. He worked with youth baseball in Marshall for thirty years as an umpire and District Director of the Major Dixie League. He was a life member of the Knights of Columbus and Elks Lodge and was a member of Ducks Unlimited for sixty years. He was employed as a machinist for eight years for Texas and Pacific Railroad in Marshall and El Paso in Texas and Shreveport, Louisiana. He was employed for fifty years in the food packing industry. He took care of plants from across the southern half of the United States and Puerto Rico. The last ten years of his employment he took care of the three Blue Bell plants before retiring on March 31, 2016. After his retirement he enjoyed playing golf with the Medicare Bunch.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Alphonse (A.J.) Joseph Sperier, Sr. and Catherine (Katy) Anne Stevens Sperier; his wife, Wanda Joyce Sperier; sons, Richard Anthony (Tony) Sperier and Mark Todd Sperier; daughter, Sharon Sperier Warner; brother, A.J. Sperier, Jr., John Sperier, Larry Sperier, Charles Sperier; sisters, Lucy Daniel, Anna Parker, Jane Scrivener and Rita Bettis and fiancé, Nell Armstrong.

He is survived by his daughter, Karen Holloway and husband, Steve; son, Edward Carl Sperier, Jr.; sister, Elizabeth Klecka; six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren along with a number of nieces, nephews and other family and friends.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made in his honor to St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marshall, Texas.