Avery Montell Prather
1903 - 1931 (28 years)-
Name Avery Montell Prather Relationship 
with Kathleen Alice Jones-Rouse Birth 31 May 1903 St. Joseph, Champaign County, Illinois, United States 
Gender Male Occupation Eclipse Lumber Company Death 25 Nov 1931 Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States Stories and Notes 3 Dec 1931 [1] Manchester Press Burial Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, Delaware, Iowa, United States [2] Person ID I7548 Enchanted Family Tree Last Modified 20 Mar 2012
Father Benjamin Paul Prather, b. 29 May 1880, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, United States d. 21 Nov 1902, Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States (Age 22 years) Mother Cordie May Reese, b. 30 Jul 1884, St. Joseph, Champaign County, Illinois, United States d. 26 Jul 1962, Masonville, Delaware, Iowa, United States (Age 77 years) Marriage 6 Sep 1902 Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, United States Family ID F3884 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Matilda Mea Graham, b. 21 Jan 1908, Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa, United States d. 20 Jun 1994, Seattle, King, Washington, United States (Age 86 years) Marriage 11 Sep 1926 Children + 1. Harold Martin Prather, b. 25 Oct 1926, Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa, United States d. 26 Jan 1997, Seattle, King, Washington, United States (Age 70 years)Family ID F3885 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Mar 2012
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Event Map 
Birth - 31 May 1903 - St. Joseph, Champaign County, Illinois, United States 
Death - 25 Nov 1931 - Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States 
Burial - - Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, Delaware, Iowa, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Headstones 
Oakland Cemetery
Avery Montell Prather Headstone
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Sources - [S236] - Newspaper Obituarys, 3 Dec 1931, Manchester Press - Iowa (Reliability: 3).
Avery Prather Dies. Greatly to the sorrow of many Manchester friends, Avery Prather, a former employee of the Eclipse Lumber Company, passed away at Finley Hospital in Dubuque on November 25, 1931, after 3 weeks of intense suffering. Mr. Prathe r was 28 years of age, and was born in Urbana, Ill., May 31, 1903. On September 11, 1926, he was married to Miss Matilda Graham and they resided here until about a year ago, when they moved to Dubuque. Surviving him are the widow, a 5 year old s on, Harold, his mother, Mrs. Albert Reed of Masonville, and a half brother, Laverne. His father died several years ago. Funeral services were held at the Shelly Funeral Chapel in this city Friday afternoon, the Rev. M. C. Powers officiating, an d burial was made in Oakland Cemetery. Mr. Prather was highly thought of by all who knew him here as a young man of integrity and steadiness of character, and deep sympathy is felt for the members of his family in this great sorrow. - [S247] Find a Grave,
- [S236] - Newspaper Obituarys, 3 Dec 1931, Manchester Press - Iowa (Reliability: 3).