Howard B.Sprague

Howard B.Sprague, 81, of RRJ 2, LaRue, died at 4:20 a.m. to-day Jan 10, 1970 in San Antonio Hospital, Kenton, following an illness of three years.
He was born Aug. 8, 1888, in Meeker, to William and Peggy Elnetta Cramner Sprague. Following the death of his wife, Beatrice Louella Smith, he was married in March 1928, to Ella Lucille Greene who survives.
A retired farmer, he was a member of the LaRue Baptist Church.
Also surviving are two sons, Raymond and Donald of LaRue; two daughters, Mrs. Ruthella Snyder of Delaware, and Mrs. Sarah Alice Tilton of Riohwood; 11 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. A sister and a grandchild preceded him in death.
Services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. in the Ford Funeral Home, LaRue. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday.

Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home