Walter Sprau gave this picture of himself to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Sprau, on Christmas Day in 1915, when he was
eleven years old. Walter was very active in Grace Episcopal Church, and he may
be wearing a church choir robe in his portrait.
Walter’s brother Edwin gave his parents this picture on Christmas Day in
1916.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Sprau were the parents of
three sons. Walter and Edwin had a younger brother named Emmett. The Sprau
family owned and operated a grocery store at the northeast corner of Camp and
Jefferson Street from the early 1900s to the 1950s. Edwin and Emmett helped
their father in the family business. The E.C. Sprau grocery store is pictured
below in 1908, with two of the Sprau boys standing in front of the door of the
grocery store.
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