Class of 1954
1954 Maroon Spotlight
Bob Sprague
1954 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Robert LeRoy Sprague plans to work this summer and enroll at Oklahoma A. & M. school of technical training this fall. He is the 20-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Wilson, 1106 Delaware street, and was born April 21, 1934, in Cushing. Robert attended grade school and part of high school in Cushing before moving to Perry.
Robert LeRoy “Bob” Sprague
April 21, 1934 – May 13, 1998
The Lord took Robert (Bob) LeRoy Sprague home on May 13, 1998, at 6:30 in the evening after a 16 week battle with an aggressive lung cancer. He was 64 years old.
Born in Cushing on April 21, 1934, he was the son of Marshall Sprague and Mary Neal Pierce. He graduated from Perry High in 1954 and served in the Army during the Korean Conflict.
Bob lived in Oklahoma City for the last 30 years. His many hobbies included fishing, hunting, astronomy and amateur ham operator KI5ZI(Bob). Bob knew something about everything and always had a smile ready.
Survivors include his loving companion, Margie Yocum; sister, Dr. Sharon Wilson, Salt Lake City; aunt, Louise Billingsly, Tulsa; aunt, Ruth Hunt, Lawton; uncle, Jack Pierce, Globe, AZ; son, Bill Yocum, OKC; daughter, Cindy Sprague and her family, John, Caitlyn and Ryan McFadden, Ottawa, Canada; daughter, Karen Pruitt and her family, Joe, Julia and Jake, Yukon; son, Randy Sprague and his family, Shelly, Randall and Sara, Piedmont; daughter, Debra Sprague-Sizemore and her family, David Sizemore, Bryce Salmon, Beniamin Salmon and Jessica Sizemore, Edmond.
Services will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, May 16, at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 675 W. Vandament, Yukon. Interment following at Parkland Cemetery, Parkland, OK. The family requests donations be made to Resurrection Lutheran Church in Bob’s memory.