Emily Mae West Sprague

OXFORD — Emily Mae West Sprague, 89, of Oxford died Saturday, September 15, 2012 at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Southern Pines, NC, December 21, 1922, the daughter of Henry and Estelle Swearingen West. She graduated from Paris High School in South Paris, and Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Massachusetts. She worked as an R.N. at Togus and for 30 years at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway, from the time it opened.

She never missed attending her class reunions and was a long time member of the South Paris Baptist Church. She enjoyed old movies and Maisie the cat. She was married to Clifton Sprague in 1956; he died in 1991.

Survivors include a son, Edward Sevon and his wife Wilma, and their children William, Seth and Desiree; a son, Walter Sevon and his wife Jean, and their children Melanie and Brian Burdett and Matthew and Katie Sevon; a daughter, Susan Chesley and her husband Dennis, and their children Christopher and Amy Chesley and Jessica and fiancée Sean; a daughter, Sally Cram and her husband Michael, and their children Clint Cram, Jere Cram and his wife Joy, and Eva Cram; seven great-grandchildren, Zachary, Autumn, Sean, Colin, Sean, Caleb and Arianna; two sisters, Joyce Shaw and Margaret ( Peggy) Hefty and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents; husband and three grandsons, Mark Sevon, Michael Cram and Dennis Chesley.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, September 22, at 2 p.m. at the South Paris Baptist Church. Interment will be in Riverside Annex Cemetery. Family and friends may call at the Chandler Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 45 Main Street, South Paris, Friday evening 6-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the scholarship fund of the Paris Christian Academy. On-line condolences may be shared with her family at www.chandlerfunerals.com.

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Emily Mae West Sprague