Margaret Lorraine Sprague<br/>July 24, 1920 - January 3, 2015

Margaret Lorraine Sprague passed away peacefully on January 3rd, 2015 in her Corona Del Mar, CA home. Margaret, known as Peggie to her many friends, was born in Porterville, CA on July 24th, 1920. She was a dynamic and generous woman, well known for her philanthropy.

Margaret grew up in the Porterville area, graduating from Porterville High School and marrying her first husband, James Waggle, shortly thereafter. Together they had one son, Jeff Waggle Cole, before James was lost in WWII. This was the first of several husbands she survived throughout her lifetime. She subsequently married Ben Cole, Mark True and Robert R Sprague.

Margaret was a homemaker but her greatest joy was her philanthropic work and community service. She was very active in community activities and organizations, both in Porterville and the Corona Del Mar area, to which she moved when she married Robert Sprague. She was a Porterville park commissioner, and member of the Far West Ski Association, 20 Ands, P.E.O., Visionaries, and a director of the Orange County Museum of Art.

Margaret and her late husband, Robert R. Sprague, were generous contributors to UCI, Hoag Hospital, and to CHOC, (Children’s Hospital of Orange County), among numerous other charities.

In 1998, the Spragues were awarded the UCI Medal, the University’s highest honor. And in 2008 they received Orange County’s Spirit of Philanthropy Lifetime Achievement Award, from the Orange County chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Surviving Margaret is her son, Jeff Cole, and wife, Gwen, of Springville, CA and her three grand children; Casey Cole of Santa Rosa, CA, Kelly Deitrick of Alamo, CA and Capt. Derek Cole of Las Vegas, NV, as well as three great grandchildren. Additionally she is survived by her step- children, Dr. Lois M. Sprague, Ph.D., and spouse, Reverend Dr. Gwynne M. Guibord, of Los Angeles and William F. Sprague of Crockett, Texas.

Services will be held at the Pacific View Memorial Chapel in Corona Del Mar, CA on January 12th at 10 AM. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to CHOC, UCI School of Medicine, Hoag Hospital, The Guibord Center in Los Angeles or to the charity of their choice.