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Hugh Alpine Sprague

Birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Death
13 Oct 1967 (aged 79)
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA
Burial
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The Indianapolis Star
Sunday, October 15, 1967

"Funeral services for Hugh A. Sprague, 79 years old, 1912 West Northgate Street, retired blade designer for Allison Division of General Motors Corporation, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Flanner and Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary. Burial will be in Washington Park East Cemetery. He died Friday in a local nursing home.

A lifelong Indianapolis resident, he retired from Allison in 1953 after 11 years of service. Earlier he was a landscaping engineer for the Indiana State Highway Department. He served 15 months in France in World War I with the US Army's 23rd Engineers Corps.

He was a licensed engineer and a member of the Indiana Astronautical Society. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Ethel D. Sprague, two sons, Richard E. Sprague of New York City and Robert C. Sprague of Bloomfield, Michigan; one sister, Mrs. Hazel Iske of Indianapolis; two brothers, Reid B. Sprague of Winter Haven, Florida and Richard E. Sprague of Indianapolis, and five grandchildren."
The Indianapolis Star
Sunday, October 15, 1967

"Funeral services for Hugh A. Sprague, 79 years old, 1912 West Northgate Street, retired blade designer for Allison Division of General Motors Corporation, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Flanner and Buchanan Broad Ripple Mortuary. Burial will be in Washington Park East Cemetery. He died Friday in a local nursing home.

A lifelong Indianapolis resident, he retired from Allison in 1953 after 11 years of service. Earlier he was a landscaping engineer for the Indiana State Highway Department. He served 15 months in France in World War I with the US Army's 23rd Engineers Corps.

He was a licensed engineer and a member of the Indiana Astronautical Society. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Ethel D. Sprague, two sons, Richard E. Sprague of New York City and Robert C. Sprague of Bloomfield, Michigan; one sister, Mrs. Hazel Iske of Indianapolis; two brothers, Reid B. Sprague of Winter Haven, Florida and Richard E. Sprague of Indianapolis, and five grandchildren."


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