Individual Details

Elbert Franklin "El" PRATER

(26 Aug 1927 - 16 Nov 2005)

Events

Birth26 Aug 1927LaFollette, Campbell Co., TN
Census1930Campbell Co., TN
MilitaryCa 1945WWII - Army Air Force
Marriage3 Nov 1949Anita Maria MESSER
MilitaryCa 1952Korean War
MilitaryCa 1966Vietnam War
Death16 Nov 2005Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH
ObituaryCa 18 Nov 2005memorial from Staley-Crowe Funeral Home
Burial21 Nov 2005Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Salina, Saline Co., KS

Families

SpouseAnita Maria MESSER (1924 - 2003)
ChildLiving
ChildRaymond Marion "Ramie" PRATER (1953 - 1958)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherHenry Silas PRATER (1883 - 1929)
MotherRutha Lometa "Ruth" BURRIS (1887 - 1967)
SiblingAlma Floe PRATER (1915 - 1915)
SiblingHomer Estel PRATER (1916 - 2001)
SiblingHazel Lee PRATER (1919 - 2011)
SiblingWillis Mansel PRATER (1922 - 1944)
SiblingLiving

Notes

Birth

From gravestone.

Census

Age 2

Marriage

They met during the Berlin airlift after WWII.

Military

2 tours.

Death

From gravestone.

Endnotes

1. From: Margie Kugkler -- mak@eaglecom.net, Email 3/31/12.

2. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42189371.