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- From Dale E. Sprague, Jr., correspondent, note of November1, 2015
Emily Sprague
DOVER - Emily Sprague, 89, died Wednesday, October 28,2015, at Watson Fields after a period of failing health.
Born in Dover August 29, 1926, in the house she grew-up in,the youngest and seventh daughter of William and Olivine(Paquette) Allard. She attended and graduated from St.Charles School in 1940, was a 1944 graduate of Dover HighSchool and has lived here all of her lifetime.
While in high school, she worked in her father's grocerystore until it sold, then for Sears Roebuck catalog officein downtown Dover. She later worked as an operator for NewEngland Telephone in Dover.
She met and married Herbert Sprague after he came home fromWWII. She was partner with her husband for the familybusiness, Sprague Floor Covering a business her husbandstarted as well as Spinco Laundromat.
Emily was a communicant of St. Mary Church.
She is survived by four daughters four daughters, DonnaVeno and husband Norman of Manchester; Janice Bandouveresand husband Gary of Rollinsford; Gail Tsoronis and husbandJon of Barrington; Marguerite "Peggy" Clifford and husbandKevin of Dover; a son Herbert E. "Ted" Sprague, Jr. ofAlton; 13
Grandchildren: Herbert E. Sprague, III, Darrell & KalieSprague, Danielle and Andrea Veno, Brook & BrentBandouveres, Blythe Hammond, Jamie Demby, Blake and KerryErickson, Jacob & Jared Clifford and 15 great-grandchildrenand nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents she was predeceased by herhusband Herbert E. Sprague, Sr., her sisters HeleneCouture, Eleanore Obrey, J. Claire Drouin, Irene Ferrence,Nathalie Cushing and Hermine Merrill, and nephews Mark &Philip Cushing.
SERVICES: There are no calling hours. A Mass of ChristianBurial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Monday, November 2nd atSt. Joseph Church, 150 Central Ave. Private burial willfollow in Pine Hill Cemetery.
The family wishes to thank the staff at Watson Fields forthe excellent and loving care given Emily.
Memorials in her name may be made to Wentworth Hospice, 121Broadway, Suite 117, Dover, N.H. 03820.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Tasker FuneralHome. Please go to www.taskerfh.com to sign the on-lineguest book.
Funeral Home
Tasker Funeral Home
621 Central Ave
Dover, NH 03820
(603) 742-4961
Published in Fosters from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, 2015 [2]
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