WOODBURN INDEPENDENT, Woodburn, Marion co., Oregon
Thursday March 5, 1959
Mrs. Ben Prather
Funeral services were held last week, Monday in Mollalla for Mrs. Ben (Emma D.) Prather, who died February 23, in her sleep at the family home in the Oak Lawn district. She was buried in the Miller cemetery near Silverton.
Mrs. Prather, born in Illinois July 6, 1872, was left an orphan at the age of five by the death of her parents and until she became of age she lived in an orphanage. She came to Portland in 1905 and the following year was married to Ben Prather who survives. They lived on the same farm in the Oak Lawn district ever since their marriage.
Survivors besides her widower include two sons, Roland Prather of Woodburn Route 2 and Cleo Prather of Carson, Washington; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
WOODBURN INDEPENDENT, Woodburn, Marion co., Oregon
Thursday March 5, 1959
Mrs. Ben Prather
Funeral services were held last week, Monday in Mollalla for Mrs. Ben (Emma D.) Prather, who died February 23, in her sleep at the family home in the Oak Lawn district. She was buried in the Miller cemetery near Silverton.
Mrs. Prather, born in Illinois July 6, 1872, was left an orphan at the age of five by the death of her parents and until she became of age she lived in an orphanage. She came to Portland in 1905 and the following year was married to Ben Prather who survives. They lived on the same farm in the Oak Lawn district ever since their marriage.
Survivors besides her widower include two sons, Roland Prather of Woodburn Route 2 and Cleo Prather of Carson, Washington; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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