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[January 24, 2011]  MOUNT PULASKI -- Burnice Prather, 92, of Mount Pulaski, died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, at 6:10 p.m. at St. Clara's Manor in Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Gary Schmidt officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Burial will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery.

Mrs. Prather was a homemaker.

She was born Jan. 8, 1919, in Eureka. Her parents were Edward and Katie Alexander Burnell Buck. She married William C. Prather on Nov. 13, 1939, in La Plata, Mo. He preceded her in death in 2000.

She is survived by two daughters, Bonny (and Jim) Weinheimer of Yorkville and Kathy (and Gary) Schmidt of Hackensack, N.J.; two sons, Bruce Prather of Mesa, Ariz., and Kit Prather of Oakland, Calif.; one brother, Walter Buck of Columbus, Ind.; seven grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.

She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski and Rebekkah Lodge of Mount Pulaski.

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