Individual Details

Lester Lewis PRATER

(2 Feb 1922 - 29 Nov 1972)

Events

Birth2 Feb 1922OH
Census1930Marion, Marion Co., OH
Census1940Marion, Marion Co., OH
Military31 Oct 1942enlisted in U.S. Army - Columbus, Montgomery Twp., Franklin Co., OH
MilitaryCa 1945Sgt., U.S. Army Air Corps - WWII
Marriage17 Mar 1946Marion Co., OH - Clara Louise EDLER
Death29 Nov 1972Clay Co., FL
BurialKeystone Heights Cemetery, Keystone Heights, Clay Co., FL

Families

SpouseClara Louise EDLER (1927 - 2012)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherSolomon 'Saul' PRATER (1877 - 1936)
MotherLyda Myrtle "Liddie" DOWNING (1880 - 1955)
SiblingHelen Marie PRATER (1901 - 1959)
SiblingJohn Allen "Judd" PRATER (1903 - 1950)
SiblingRuth Jane PRATER (1905 - 2001)
Siblingson PRATER (1907 - )
SiblingCharles Edward PRATER (1908 - 1969)
SiblingIrene PRATER twin (1909 - 1910)
SiblingInez PRATER twin (1909 - 1910)
SiblingAnna Belle PRATER (1912 - 2003)
SiblingIvalou Fern PRATER (1918 - 1990)

Notes

Birth

From gravestone; SSDI.

Census

Age 8

Census

Age 18, living with brother Charles.

Military

From: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Ancestry.com)

Military

From gravestone.

Marriage

From: Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 (Ancestry.com).

Death

From gravestone; SSDI shows just Nov 1972.

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28988397.