Margaret Zimmerman Prather, 91, Kerrville, Texas, died Jan. 6, 2012, at a local care center.
She was born July 28, 1920, in Valley Falls, to Frank and Charlotte Kaufman Zimmerman.
She graduated from Jane C. Stormont School of Nursing in Topeka and joined the Army Nursing Corp. She met her husband, Larry Prather, in India where both of them served at an Army hospital during World War II.
Following their discharge from the Army, they were married Easter Sunday, April 21, 1946, in the home of her mother in Valley Falls. He survives of the home.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Zimmerman; and a brother, John Zimmerman.
Other survivors include children, Barbara Prather, Grand Rapids, Mich., Janet Simmons, Saginaw, Mich., Gregory Prather, Austin, Texas, and Michael Prather, Buda, Texas; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Jan. 9 at Kerrville Funeral Home. Interment will be held at 11 a.m. Jan. 16 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas.
Memorials can be made to the Zion Lutheran Church, 600 Barnett, Kerrville, Texas 78028, or to the charity of one’s choice.
from JeffCountynews.com http://www.jeffcountynews.com/2012/01/margaret-prather/
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