6. | Harold Martin Prather (5.Matilda3, 2.John2, 1.Matilda1) was born on 25 Oct 1926 in Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa, United States; died on 26 Jan 1997 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States. Other Events and Attributes:
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Born in Manchester, Iowa, he got his education through the eighth grade there. His father, Avery, died when he was 5. Harold earned money as a teenager mowing the lawn at the Oakland cemetery in Manchester where his father, is buried.
Employment as a teenager included working for the Union Pacific Railroad in Green River, Wyoming in the "oil house" when he was 16. He quit there because of the poor working conditions and failure of the RR to provide housing, as promised.
Next, he moved to Omaha, Nebraska where his mother and step father, Perry Helm, lived. He got a job working for the "Table Supply and Meat Company" as a truck driver. Later, Harold signed up with the Nebraska State Guard. When the Nebraska Guar d became part of the National Guard, he joined the Navy where he completed his tenth grade equivalency.
Harold's tours of duty included; Idaho; Astoria, Oregon; Bremerton, Washington; Seattle, Washington; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Marianna Island, Guam; Great Lakes, Illinois; San Pedro, California; and several Navy ships (see "Naval Records for Harol d Martin Prather"). During his tours of duty, his son, Harold Martin Prather, Jr. was born to his first wife Anna Mae Catherine Rausch.
Subsequent to the end of his relationship to Anna Mae, Harold moved with his son, mother, and step father, Perry Helm, to Seattle, Washington, in 1955. There he met and married Polly Ann Reynolds. Issues from this marriage include a son (Jeffre y Scott Prather) and daughter (Raejean Prather).
Through his late thirties he was active in auto racing and was one of the principal founders and President of STAR (Sea-Tac Auto Racing Association); an association of early model ('49 to '53) stock cars.
He remained an avid sports fan, but especially partial to football.
Harold married Dolores D. Lautenschlager in 1965 where they lived in retirement in Des Moines, Washington.
Family/Spouse: Anna Mae Catherine Rausch. Anna (daughter of John N. Rausch and Catherine Mary Pottebaum) was born on 18 Aug 1927 in Luxemburg, Dubuque County, Iowa, United States; died on 21 Dec 1985 in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Harold married Polly Anne Reynolds in 1956. Polly (daughter of William L. Reynolds and Dorothy Avalon Bess) was born on 19 Feb 1934 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States; died on 5 May 1987 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 10. Raejean Prather
- 11. Jeffrey Scott Prather was born on 14 Mar 1958 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States; died on 11 Feb 1981 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.
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Family/Spouse: Dolores Dalia Lautenschlager. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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