Prall, Arthur Edmond (1902-1992)

PRALL, WORTH, CROSSETT, SCHROEDER

Posted By: Laura Goodwin (email)
Date: 9/26/2005 at 11:01:31

Arthur Prall
Arthur Edmond Prall, 90, of Sigourney, died Wednesday at the University Hospitals in Iowa City.
He was born Sept. 17, 1902 at Atlantic, the son of Thaddeus Emnond and Elsie Worth Prall. He attended Atlantic High School until his junior yeat when his parents moved to Minnesota. They later moved back to Atlantic, where Arthur started selling shoes. He moved to washington, Iowa, in 1928 and worked in Moore's Bootery. Prall married Mary Crossett Oct. 11, 1930 in Washington. In 1947, they moved to Sigourney and purchased the S & S Shoe Store with Marty Schroeder, retiring in 1968.
His lifelong hobby was raising and showing Cornish Bantams, Prall was the first person inducted into the Hall of Fame by the International Cornigh Bantam Breeders Association in 1991. He had served as its president for 20 years.
Prall was a member of the Sigourney United Methodist Church, past president of the Sigourney Area Chamber of Commerce and member of the Sigourney Golf Club.
Surviving besides his wife are a son, Jack; a brother, Clyde of Florida; and five sisters, Mrs. Earl (Ada) Hensley, Mrs. Merlin (Valera) Mayberry and Mrs. E.T. (Bernice) Hupp, all of Atlantic, Mrs. Earl (Betty) Winterstein of Creston and Mrs. Paul (Lucille) Grant of Lincoln, Neb.
He was proceeded in death by his parents; two brothers, Leo and William; three sisters, Florence, Mabel and Lorene.
Visitation begins after 1 p.m. Friday with family visitation from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday at the Reynolds Funeral Chapel.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Reynolds Funeral Chapel in Sigourney, the Rev. Danny Lemons officiating. Burial will be in West Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Sigourney.

Friday, Sept. 25, 1992 Atlantic Telegraph