Aubrey was born to Jacob and Hattie Allen Pratt at the family ranch near Craigmont. He was the third of four children. Aubrey attended the Goose Creek School and later Winchester High School. He left school to help his father and older brother on the family ranch and eventually became a prominent farmer in the Craigmont area.

Aubrey became a farmer in the era of horse farming and retired from his farming career in the early 1970s using the latest farming technology of the time. He was proud to be a farming innovator and was an early user of fertilizers to increase crop yield. He experimented with various crop rotations to help yields and to increase crop values and worked with the Lilly Seed Corp. to expand the type and number of crops that could be successfully raised on the Camas Prairie. At one time he even raised spinach and turnip seed. He also worked with the John Deere Co. to develop more efficient implements for use in the area.

Aubrey met Audrey Renner when she was teaching in Morrowtown. They married in 1937. Their union was blessed with a daughter, Cheryl Anne.

Audrey and Aubrey celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary Sept. 18, 2005.

Aubrey held office with several farm organizations during his working life. He was president of the Craigmont Grange and during his term was instrumental in the merger of the Craigmont Grange with Lewiston Grain Growers. He served as president of the Idaho Pea and Lentil Association and the Wheat Growers Association and later became national vice president of the Wheat Growers Association. He was also the Idaho state chairman of the ASCS in Boise for four years.

As an interesting sidelight to his farming career, Aubrey and his brother-in-law, Richard Renner, co-starred in a commercial for the Olympia Brewing Co. Their theme for the commercial was to highlight the barley they raised, rather than the water in the beer. The commercial ran for more than four years and won a prize for the best commercial in the 11 western states. Aubrey was a member of the Screen Actors Guild and still had his membership card.

Aubrey was a world traveler and photographer. He made extensive trips to South America and later Japan in support of the U.S. State Department People To People program. He and Audrey also traveled to western Europe, Turkey and the Black Sea, north Africa and southeast Asia. They went with a group to mainland China in 1979, just after China opened its borders to tourists. They usually spent the winter months in the Phoenix-Scottsdale, Ariz., area.

He loved sharing the slides that he took on their travels with organizations and friends. In addition, he usually had pictures to show and stories to tell of his ranch or great-grand-kids.

Aubrey was a life member of the BPOE and a longtime member of the Lewiston Country Club where he was an avid and sometimes successful golfer. He won the Fourth of July Sole Survivor in 1977. He won his flight in both the 1979 and 1982 Boy Scouts tournament. He had an ace on the 16th hole in 1998 at age 88. He was a member of the runner-up team in the St. Joe's "Scramble for Health" event in 1994. Aubrey's last tournament was the "Scramble for Health" in 2004 when he was 91 years old.

One of the great pleasures in Aubrey's life was helping young people with funding so they could attend college. He also helped two young men start jewelry businesses in the Scottsdale area. After retirement he spent considerable time gardening at home in Lewiston. He raised enough produce to keep family and neighbors supplied through the summer and fall. His roses and hydrangeas were outstanding and he delighted in taking bouquets to the clubhouse at the golf course or to business associates.

Aubrey touched many lives with caring, kindness and humor during his 93 years, and will be missed greatly by those who loved him.

Lewiston Tribune September 24, 2005