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Ann Levy Sprague - Class of 1968
Submitted by Amy Kolman <amydkolman@yahoo.com>
on 05/Aug/2023 ... I am very sad to learn that both Donna
and Ann Levy have passed away. We were close childhood
friends and neighbors and I have many clear memories of our
shared adventures and experiences. Donna and I were faithful
fans of the Friday night Fright Night Movies on TV. We would
watch them in her family's basement and then I would run
home in the dark, deliciously terrified. Many of our games
were imaginative and creative: We constructed a small
theater stage, made clothes pin or finger puppets, then
wrote and performed plays. A favorite tv show of the time
was Robin Hood. Along with other kids, we'd take turns being
various characters from the show and roam the neighborhood
making up our own story lines. On hot summer days, we would
sit under the weeping willow tree and play endless games of
canasta. Sometimes we sat for hours on a fallen tree in the
small wooded area at the end of O'Dell Street and sing show
tunes at the top of our lungs. There was a neighborhood
bicycle club, many games of punch ball, and an annual
Halloween party, with food, games, prizes and pony rides.
Days seemed to last forever.
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Ann J. Levy Sprague of Newburgh, New York, formerly Los
Angeles, California, passed away on July 22, 2023 at Garnet
Health Medical Center, Middletown, New York. Ann was 73
years old and the daughter of the late Bernard C. Levy and
Sarah C. Levy. Ann was born on June 10, 1950 in Newburgh,
New York. Ann graduated from Syracuse University in 1972 and
moved to Los Angeles where she lived for fifteen years. She
loved the ocean and canyons and lived life fully. Ann
subsequently moved back to New York where she spent the last
thirty-five years of her life challenged with multiple
health issues. Ann will always be remembered as a generous
woman with an amazing flare for fashion, who custom-made
some of her clothing. She could crochet most anything and
loved interior design. She loved music and was a creative
baker, whose cheesecake was the best part of the meal. Ann
was a popular and gregarious woman with a wonderful sense of
humor. Her friends termed her as a kind and gentle soul. Ann
is survived by one sister, Wendy Rosario and predeceased by
one sister, Donna Dague. She is also survived by several
nieces and nephews. Graveside service will be held on August
10, 2023 at 6:30 pm., at Big Rock Cemetery, 29 Underhill
Place, Newburgh, New York with Rabbi Douglas Kohn, of Temple
Beth Jacob, officiating. (Enter Gate of cemetery on
Hillcrest Place). To send flowers to the family or plant a
tree in memory of Ann Sprague, please visit Tribute Store
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