PRINCETON – Percy Edgar “Squint” Sprague, 85, died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007, at Calais Regional Hos-pital. Percy was born Oct. 16, 1921, at Grand Lake Stream, son of the late Ernest and Elisabeth “Lizzie” (Bacon) Sprague. He married Laura Bailey, March 28, 1938. They moved to Portland, where he worked at the area shipyards. After a couple of years, they moved back to Princeton and in 1945, Percy joined the U.S. Army, where he served as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Percy returned home and worked as a logger. In 1958 he started his employment with Quoddy Lumber, Princeton, where he worked until their closing in 1982. During his retirement years, Percy stayed busy sharpening saws. Percy was an avid Red Sox fan. In addition his parents, Percy was predeceased by his wife, Laura; a daughter, Pat-ricia Sprague; and a brother, Herbert Sprague. Surviving are his three children, Roger Sprague of Yuma, Ariz., Robert Sprague and his wife, Karen, of Bellingham, Wash., and Wanda McClure of Princeton; two sisters, Ruth Williams and Beulah Moore; two sisters-in-law, Lillian Bailey and Beatrice Bagley; and a brother-in-law, Earl Bailey, all of Grand Lake Stream; eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and his many friends at Peabody Estates, Princeton. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at Village Cemetery, Grand Lake Stream. Arrangements by Mays Funeral Home, Calais. Friends may pay tribute at www.maysfuneralhome.com
PERCY E. SPRAGUE
