HOWARD E. SPRING age 72, a lifelong Hingham resident, died on Thursday, March 18th at the Pope Nursing Home in Weymouth after a long illness. Mr. Spring was born in Hingham and was a graduate of Hingham High School. He served with the United States Army during the Korean War. Mr. Spring was a school bus driver for the Hingham Public School Department for 37 years, retiring in April of 1993.Husband of the late Joan N. (Nickerson) Spring, he leaves his brother, Kenneth E. Spring of Sanford, Maine, a sister, Joyce Vera of Brockton and several nieces and nephews.He was also the brother of the late L. Ernest Spring and the late Audrey L. Girard.A funeral service will be conducted on Monday, March 22nd at 11 AM at the Downing Cottage Funeral Chapel, 21 Pond St., Hingham.Friends may visit at the Downing Chapel on Sunday afternoon from 2-5 PM.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the Alzheimer's Disease Support Group of the South Shore (ADSGSS), P.O. Box 109, Hingham, MA 02043.The interment will be in the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne on Monday afternoon at 1:30 PM.