Harold Martin Prather
1926 - 1997 (70 years)-
Name Harold Martin Prather Relationship 
with Kathleen Alice Jones-Rouse Birth 25 Oct 1926 Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa, United States 
Gender Male Stories and Notes See Notes - 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.
Death 26 Jan 1997 Seattle, King, Washington, United States Person ID I7550 Enchanted Family Tree Last Modified 14 Mar 2012
Father Avery Montell Prather, b. 31 May 1903, St. Joseph, Champaign County, Illinois, United States d. 25 Nov 1931, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States (Age 28 years) Mother 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 Family ID F3885 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Anna Mae Catherine Rausch, b. 18 Aug 1927, Luxemburg, Dubuque County, Iowa, United States d. 21 Dec 1985, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States (Age 58 years) Children 1. Harold Martin Prather, Jr. + 2. David Hobart Mockridge Prather + 3. Sandra Kay Hackbarth Prather Family ID F3886 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Mar 2012
Family 2 Polly Anne Reynolds, b. 19 Feb 1934, Seattle, King, Washington, United States d. 5 May 1987, Seattle, King, Washington, United States (Age 53 years) Marriage 1956 Children + 1. Raejean Prather 2. Jeffrey Scott Prather, b. 14 Mar 1958, Seattle, King, Washington, United States d. 11 Feb 1981, Seattle, King, Washington, United States (Age 22 years)Family ID F3907 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Mar 2012
Family 3 Dolores Dalia Lautenschlager Family ID F3911 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Mar 2012
- 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.
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Event Map 
Birth - 25 Oct 1926 - Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa, United States 
Death - 26 Jan 1997 - Seattle, King, Washington, United States = Link to Google Earth