Garnett P. Pratt

PRATT, HAINLINE, KERR, HALL, NELSON, GRAYBEAL

Posted By: Jean Wenke, volunteer
Date: 2/22/2009 at 15:40:23

Garnett P. Pratt, 89, of Bonaparte died at 6:20 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009, at Donnellson Health Center in Donnellson.

Born April 22, 1919, in Bonaparte, she was the daughter of Leslie and Faye Kerr Hainline. On April 12, 1941, she married William Lloyd Pratt in Memphis, Mo.

Mrs. Pratt had been employed at Bonaparte Glove Factory prior to her marriage. She was a homemaker and worked with her husband at "Pratt's Tavern."

She graduated from Bonaparte High School and lived most of her life in Bonaparte. She was an avid Iowa Hawkeyes, Chicago Cubs and Harmony High School sports fan, and she enjoyed cooking.

Survivors include her husband; one daughter, Donna Hall of Iowa City; three sons, William Pratt of Pueblo, Colo., and John Pratt and Harold "Gene" Pratt, both of Bonaparte; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Marcy Nelson of Lovell, Wyo., and Agnes Graybeal of Rising Sun, Md.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and one sister.

Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m.

The funeral for Mrs. Pratt will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Bonaparte Baptist Church, with the Revs. Mark Caston and Larry Wallingford officiating. Burial will be in Bonaparte Cemetery.

A memorial has been established for a local memorial to be designated at a later date.

From Burlington Hawk-Eye, Feb. 22, 2009