Larry A. Sprague
Right Worshipful Senior Grand Warden
Right Worshipful Brother Sprague was born on September 17, 1968 in North Adams, MA. He was the tenth of eleven children and spent his early years on the family dairy farm in Whitingham, VT. In 1982 his family moved to Claremont, NH and he graduated from Stevens High School in 1986. In 1990 he purchased a house in and moved to Cornish, NH.
He worked at Split Ball Bearing, now Timken Aerospace, in Lebanon from 1988 to 1999. He started out as a quality control inspector and was promoted to quality assurance specialist for the eastern sea board of the United States and the Atlantic Provinces of Canada. He was again promoted to supervisor of the inspection and assembly departments. He left Timken and began his employment at Geographic Data Technology, now TomTom, in Lebanon. He created the third shift there, starting out with 5 employees. In less than a year he had over one hundred people directly reporting to him. Due to corporate cut backs the third shift was eliminated in 2002 and he reinvented himself as a HVAC service technician. He worked for MJ Hayward Mechanical / Electrical Services, Inc from 2002 until 2006. He attended New Hampshire Community Technical College, now Manchester Community Technical College, earning an Associate’s Degree in applied science. He then went to work for Stryker Biotech as a building facilities specialist. Due to the economic down turn in 2008 he was once again affected by corporate cut backs and layoffs. Tired of working for other people and being desirous of putting money in his own pocket instead of others he started his own business. Since 2008 he has owned and operated Sprague’s Firewood, LLC, a full service supplier of firewood and related products in the Upper Valley area of NH and VT.
Brother Sprague has three children from his first marriage, one daughter and two sons, Jennifer and our Masonic Brothers Nicholas and Timothy. While employed at GDT he met a woman named Angela and they were married in 2006.
Brother Sprague was initiated as an Entered Apprentice in Cheshire Lodge No. 23 in Cornish, NH on March 4, 1995. Passed to the degree of Fellow Craft on June 10, 1995 and raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason on August 10, 1995. He’s been a very active Mason ever since, serving as Worshipful Master of Cheshire Lodge a total of seven times, in 1998-2000 and again in 2005-2008. In 2008 Mt Vernon Lodge No. 15 of Newport merged with Cheshire Lodge, creating Cheshire-Mt Vernon Lodge No. 23. Brother Sprague was instrumental in the success of that merger. In 2009 he was Installed as Treasurer of Cheshire-Mt Vernon Lodge and has served in that capacity ever since. For his dedication and devotion to his Lodge and NH Masonry he was presented with the Major General John Sullivan Distinguished Service Award in bronze in 2009. In 2019 he was presented with the same award in silver. Brother Sprague and his wife Angie are both members of Ascutney Chapter No. 2, Order of the Eastern Star, in Windsor, VT. They have both been Installed Officers since 2012, he serving as Chaplain and she as Marshall. He is a member of Ottauquechee Chapter Royal Arch Masons in Woodstock, VT. Brother Sprague is an active Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite member in the Valley of Concord and was presented with Deputy Representative’s Award in 2018. He is Past Most Wise Master of Acacia Chapter of Rose Croix and is the current Sovereign Prince of Ariel Council, Princes of Jerusalem. He travelled to many different Valleys in many different states to complete his Scottish Rite degree passport and was presented with his gold passport, which is now almost complete, in 2019. He is also member of Bektash Shrine in Concord.
In 2013 he and his wife played key roles in the creation Upper Valley Chapter, Order of DeMolay in Cornish. For his efforts he was awarded the Zerubbabel Key, at the time he was one of only two NH Masons to have been presented with this distinguished recognition. He was awarded with the General Grand Council of Cryptic Masons’ Adult Leadership Award in 2015. He is also an honorary member of the DeMolay Legion of Honor.
In 2003 he was appointed District Education Officer by MWPGM Wendell L. Woodward, due to a change in his work requirements he wasn’t able to continue in that role. In 2014 he was appointed District Deputy Grand Lecturer by Most Worshipful Stewart L. Aronson, PGM. In 2016 Most Worshipful John F. Gordon, PGM appointed him District Deputy Grand Master. He joined the Grand Lodge Line in 2017 with the appointment of Jr. Grand Deacon by Most Worshipful John E. Lobdell, Past Grand Master. In 2019 Most Worshipful Kenneth A. Clay, Jr., PGM appointed him Sr. Grand Deacon and in November of 2020 he was elected to serve our Grand Lodge as the Jr. Grand Warden and was Installed as such in May of 2021.
He and his wife, Angie, live in Woodstock, VT. He has three grandsons, Mason, Sawyer and Bentley and one granddaughter, Edyn.
