26 December, 1984
Former area resident struck by car, killed. Osceola, MO-A 68-year-old former Kansas City, Kansas man died Wednesday after being struck by a car on Missouri 13 two miles south of Osceola.
The Missouri Highway Patrol said the victim, Floyd E. Pruett was hit by a northbound car while he was collecting cans along the road. The car, driven by June Hilbrich of West Plains, MO, swerved off the right side of the road, the patrol said. The driver was taken to an Osceola hospital with minor injuries, the patrol said, Mr. Pruett was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mr. Pruett was a machine operator for the Vess Cola Bottling Co. before he retired. He was born near Willow Springs, MO, and lived in Kansas City, Kansas, 40 years before he moved to Osceola in 1977.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Pruett of the home, a son, Jerry C. Pruett and two daughters, Mrs. Patricia V. Romines and Mrs. Gail Sims, all of Kansas City, Kansas, three stepsons, Ray Cannon, Littleton, Colo, Floyd Cannon, Redlands, CA, and Dale Studdard, Independence; three brothers, Albert Pruett and Ralph Pruett of Mtn. View, Mo; Roscoe Pruett of Kansas City, Kansas; four sisters Mrs. Mildred Dillon, Kansas City, Kansas, Mrs. Verda Swenson and Mrs. Ollie Emmerich of Mtn. View and Mrs. Hattie Curnutt, Willow Springs and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be at 2:00pm today at the Goodrich Chapel, burial in the Osceola Cemetery.
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26 December, 1984
Former area resident struck by car, killed. Osceola, MO-A 68-year-old former Kansas City, Kansas man died Wednesday after being struck by a car on Missouri 13 two miles south of Osceola.
The Missouri Highway Patrol said the victim, Floyd E. Pruett was hit by a northbound car while he was collecting cans along the road. The car, driven by June Hilbrich of West Plains, MO, swerved off the right side of the road, the patrol said. The driver was taken to an Osceola hospital with minor injuries, the patrol said, Mr. Pruett was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mr. Pruett was a machine operator for the Vess Cola Bottling Co. before he retired. He was born near Willow Springs, MO, and lived in Kansas City, Kansas, 40 years before he moved to Osceola in 1977.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Pruett of the home, a son, Jerry C. Pruett and two daughters, Mrs. Patricia V. Romines and Mrs. Gail Sims, all of Kansas City, Kansas, three stepsons, Ray Cannon, Littleton, Colo, Floyd Cannon, Redlands, CA, and Dale Studdard, Independence; three brothers, Albert Pruett and Ralph Pruett of Mtn. View, Mo; Roscoe Pruett of Kansas City, Kansas; four sisters Mrs. Mildred Dillon, Kansas City, Kansas, Mrs. Verda Swenson and Mrs. Ollie Emmerich of Mtn. View and Mrs. Hattie Curnutt, Willow Springs and 10 grandchildren.
Services will be at 2:00pm today at the Goodrich Chapel, burial in the Osceola Cemetery.
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Family Members
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Iva Pruett McClellan
1902–1975
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Isaac S Pruett
1904–1935
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Mildred Savannah Pruett Dillon
1907–1997
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Alzada Pruett Weaver
1909–1980
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Albert Pruett
1911–2002
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Verda Pruett Swenson
1913–1996
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Ollie Pruett Emmerich
1918–1998
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Roscoe Virgil Pruett
1921–2007
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Ralph Monroe Pruett
1923–1995
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Hattie Pruett Curnutt
1925–1999
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