Portrait in funeral leaflet

Funeral Leaflet

In Loving Memory of Frederick Wayne Pracht, Sr.

Born August 12, 1922 Elmdale, Kansas; Died July 29, 2010 Kansas City, Missouri

Mass of Christian Burial 10:30 A.M. Monday August 2, 2010 St. Teresa Catholic Church, Westphalia, Kansas

Celebrant: Father Marianand Mendem

Presentation of the Gifts: Wyatt Pracht, Storm Pracht, Ridge Pracht

Organist: Jerilee Trostle; Vocalist: Scott Schulte; Musical Selections: “Be Not Afraid”; “O Lord I Am Not Worthy”; “Just a Closer Walk With Thee”

Casketbearers: Tyler Pracht, Tom McCarty, Tim McCarty, Brian Pracht, Scott Pracht, Dale Pracht

Interment: St. Teresa Catholic Cemetery, Westphalia, Kansas

Memorial Fund: St. Teresa Church Building Fund or Anderson County Hospital Foundation

Obituary:

Frederick Wayne Pracht, Sr., age 87, of Westphalia, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, July 29, 2010, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.

Wayne was born on August 12, 1922, in Elmdale, Kansas, the son of Fred O. and Nettie Frances (Harder) Pracht. He grew up in the Elk Community near Elmdale. He graduated from Cottonwood Falls High School. Wayne moved to the Westphalia community in 1939.

On January 28, 1946, he was united in marriage to L. Bernadette Schwarzkopf at Garnett, Kansas. This union was blessed with six children.

Wayne was a farmer, stockman, and business man. He was active in the community and 4-H. He served as an Anderson County Commissioner for 16 years, from 1964 to 1980. During this time he served as President of Kansas County Commissioners Association and as President of the Kansas Association of Counties; in 2000 he received the Kansa Master Farmer Award. He was also a part owner of Valley R Farm Service. He was a member of St. Teresa Catholic Church in Westphalia; in his early years he was a member of the Maple Grove School Board.

Throughout the years, Wayne and Bernie enjoyed playing cards with neighbors and friends, and dancing.

Wayne was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Marjorie Hunt and Merle Hawkins; and a son-in-law, Melvin Adams.

He is survived by his wife, Bernie Pracht, of the home; Fred Pracht and wife Cindy of Wichita, Kansas; Donna McCarty and husband Doug of Garnett, Kansas; David Pracht and wife Mary of Westphalia, Kansas; Bill Pracht and his wife Ruth of Westphalia, Kansas; Mary Adams of Garnett, Kansas; John Pracht and wife Reva of Westphalia, Kansas; twenty-one grandchildren; nineteen great-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren.

Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Garnett, Colony, Moran

FindaGrave memorial # 55776207

~~~ Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~