Individual Details
Bennie "Ben" PRATHER
(18 Mar 1923 - 10 Apr 1974)
Events
| Birth | 18 Mar 1923 |  | |||
| Census | 1930 | Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., KS | | ||
| Census | 1940 | Ravanna, Mercer Co., MO | | ||
| Military | 7 Oct 1942 - 3 Dec 1945 | enlisted. Coxswain, U.S. Navy | | ||
| Marriage | 29 Apr 1951 | Hiawatha, Brown Co., KS - Lois RAGAN | | ||
| Death | 10 Apr 1974 | | |||
| Burial | Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Brown Co., KS |  |
Families
| Spouse | Lois RAGAN (1930 - 2017) |
| Father | Calvin Carl "Callie" PRATHER (1878 - 1969) |
| Mother | Eunice MULVANIA (1888 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Lloyd PRATHER (1905 - ) |
| Sibling | Florence PRATHER (1907 - ) |
| Sibling | Lawrence William PRATHER (1907 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Carl F. PRATHER (1917 - 2008) |
Notes
Birth
From grave plaque; enlistment record; SSDI shows 18 Mar 1922.Census
Age 7Census
Age 17Military
From grave plaque; U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (Ancestry.com).Marriage
From wife's obituary.Death
From grave plaque; enlistment record; SSDI shows Apr 1974.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100682628.