Posted on: Warren County, Ia Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/Warren/11361 Surname: BURKHEAD, SPRATLEN, SPRATLIN ------------------------- As per article from The Des Moines Register dated 8 September 1998. Gladys Burkhead: Neighborhood activist. Founder of the Drake Neighborhood Association, spurred Des Moines Mayor Preston Daniels into public life. By Rekha Basu, Register Columnist. The Des Moines Register 4 Sep 1998. Burkhead who has won many awards, including a YWCA Women of Achievement Award, grew up in a small community near Norwalk, Warren County, Iowa. One of her two sisters, Chloris, 90, now rooms with her. For some 37 years, Gladys ran a day care center with the other sister, the late Viola Spratlen, in the house they shared on 27th Street. --------- Does anyone know these gals? Does anyone know who 'male' Spratlen was who married Viola?