May be the son of Emanuel Sperling and Evelyn Weidenthal. (See Anyika Allen - Bob Jordan Family Tree posted on www.ancestry.com by rejordan116.)

1993 listed in brother’s obituary as living in Philadelphia, PA

May have been born in 1916 and died in 1993. [718]

SSDI [92] lists:
Name:
William Sperling
State of Issue: 
Ohio
Date of Birth:
Tuesday  September  14, 1915
Date of Death:
Wednesday  June  23, 1993
Est. Age at Death:
77 years, 9 months, 9 days
Last known residence:
City: Philadelphia; Springfield
County: Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania
ZIP Code: 19118

Found on a website, among a long Sperling family tree [1951]
x Mendel Lazar (Emanuel) SPERLING Jan 15, 1874 #151 (Podgorze) - Jun 19, 1936 Cleveland Heights OH
! | m:Evelyn WEIDENTHAL Apr 1876 Cleveland OH - Jan 28, 1963 Cleveland OH
! | ! married Dec 30, 1903 Cleveland OH
! | !x David Loeb SPERLING Dec 18, 1904 Cleveland OH - Sep 22, 1969 Cleveland OH
! | !o Julie SPERLING Jun 5, 1908 Cleveland OH - Oct 9, 1911 Cleveland OH
! | !o Margaret SPERLING Jul 18, 1910 Cleveland OH - Oct 1911 Cleveland OH
! | !x William SPERLING Sep 14, 1915 Cleveland OH - Jun 23, 1993 Philadelphia PA
! | ! m:Rosalind FRIEDMAN
! | ! |o Margaret SPERLING Apr 20, 1948 - May 1967
! | ! |o ? SPERLING
! | ! |o ? SPERLING