Julia was born to Michael and Alma Malick Spera of Hackensack, NJ on July 8, 1930. She came to Oklahoma City, OK in 1953 and on August 1,1953 she married Edgar Frank Hawkins from Blair, OK. They were married 56 years when Edgar passed away on February 6, 2010. They both were confirmed at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Wichita, KS in 1961, and attended Good Shepherd, Holy Trinity Cathedral and Redeemer Church in Kansas City.
Julia worked in Wichita, KS at the police department as a stenographer, in the detective division, and at Boeing Aircraft in the contract department. In Kansas City, MO, she worked at J C Penny, Park University in the Finacial Aid department, then finished her career as a secretary and retired after 16 years at The Kansas City Star Single Copy Dept of Circulation Department. After retirement, Julia worked for Traders delivery until 2004, when she and her husband become residents of The Englewood Vista Senior Independent Living Apartments.
Surviving are two daughters, Vicki Soto and husband Andre, their four children, Andrea, Brandon, Andrew and Adrian, of Kansas City; Charlene Kay Baker and husband Ronnie of Lawson and seven children, Jacob Turner, Amanda Lansangan, Jason Turner, Frank Turner, Clayborn Basham, Carolyn Kay Mick and China Basham. There are eleven grandkids, three step grandkids, nine great grandkids, and four step great grandkids.
