Nancy Pratt 1854-1929
PRATT
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Date: 5/4/2007 at 23:25:14
Red Oak Sun
Red Oak ,Montgomery Co., Iowa
22 March 1929MRS. NANCY PRATT DEAD.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy J. Pratt, 75, who died Saturday, March 16, at 7 a. m., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Combs, 204 First avenue, following sickness of ten days, from pneumonia, were held Monday at 3 p. m., from the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. F. Hatfield, 309 West Washington avenue. Rev. L. L. Weis, pastor of the Methodist church conducted the services. Friends who serve as pallbearers were Russell Elwood, Alex Ross, Jay Tarr, C. F. Liddick, George Redmon and Guy Dutcher. Singing was by Mrs. R. E. Overholser and Mrs. Ray Cozad. Interment was in Red Oak cemetery. Those from a distance who attended the funeral included Mrs. Fred Santi, Mrs. Grace Conners, Peoria, Illinois; Wm. Pratt, of Omaha; Henry Morford, Shenandoah; Richard Morford, Hubbell, Nebraska; Wm. Bussey, Jefferson, and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Brown, Villisca. Nancy Jane Pratt, whose maiden name was Morford, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Morford, was born in Pennsylvania, Jan. 20, 1854. She was married at Rockport, Missouri, May 10, 1871, to Arthur R. Pratt. They were the parents of nine children: Mrs. Fred Santi and Mrs. Grace Connors, Peoria, Illinois; William Pratt, Omaha; Fred Pratt, Mrs. Una Hatfield, Mrs. Pearl Graham and Mrs. Olive Combs, of Red Oak. Two sons died in infancy. They came to Red Oak in 1902 to make their home. Mr. Pratt died here Oct. 6, 1923. Besides the children, she leaves four brothers and two sisters: Sidney Morford, Denver; Henry Morford, Shenandoah; John Moreford, Broken Bow, Nebraska; Richard Morford, Hubbell, Nebraska; Sadie Ireland, Chester, Nebraska and Lydia Powers, Flatt, Illinois. Mrs. Pratt was a member of the Methodist church and was a good Christian woman. She has many Friends who will mourn her passing.
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