Howard Lee Sprague was born in the village of Suffern, New York. Memories of growing up in the small town until age seven with his eight cousins prompted him to write a book, for family, titled Growing up In Suffern After 30 years in the insurance industry, Howard decided to retire in 2006 to do the things he enjoyed and give back to his community. Life after retirement includes bowling, political involvement, volunteering at St. Mary's Food Bank and Phoenix Rotary 100. The desire to write and encouragement from Vickie resulted in Howard writing the Growing up in Suffern book; a short story -