Arthur Edmond “Art” Prall (1902-1992)

Arthur Edmond “Art” Prall

Birth

17 Sep 1902

Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa, USA

Death

26 Sep 1992 (aged 90)

Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA

Burial

Pleasant Grove Cemetery

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born to Thaddeus Edmond Prall and Elsie Louella Worth

brother to; Florence Leola, Luetta Mabel, Leo Boyd, Glenn E, William Columbus, Clyde Royal, Ada Odessa, Lorene Anetta, Valera Worth, Elsie Lucille, and twins Betty Elaine, and Bernice.

Husband to; Mary Carolyn Crossett married 11 October 1930, Washington, Cass, Iowa, USA

father of Jack Arthur

Arthur Prall
Arthur Edmond Prall, 90, of Sigourney, died Wednesday at the University Hospitals in Iowa City.
He was born Sept. 17, 1902 at Atlantic, the son of Thaddeus Emnond and Elsie Worth Prall. He attended Atlantic High School until his junior year when his parents moved to Minnesota. They later moved back to Atlantic, where Arthur started selling shoes. He moved to Washington, Iowa, in 1928 and worked in Moore's Bootery. Prall married Mary Crossett Oct. 11, 1930 in Washington. In 1947, they moved to Sigourney and purchased the S & S Shoe Store with Marty Schroeder, retiring in 1968.
His lifelong hobby was raising and showing Cornish Bantams, Prall was the 1st person inducted into the Hall of Fame by the International Cornigh Bantam Breeders Association in 1991. He had served as its president for 20 years.
Prall was a member of the Sigourney United Methodist Church, past president of the Sigourney Area Chamber of Commerce and member of the Sigourney Golf Club.
Surviving besides his wife are a son, Jack; a brother, Clyde of Florida; 5 sisters, Mrs. Earl (Ada) Hensley, Mrs. Merlin (Valera) Mayberry and Mrs. E.T. (Bernice) Hupp, all of Atlantic, Mrs. Earl (Betty) Winterstein of Creston and Mrs. Paul (Lucille) Grant of Lincoln, Neb.
He was proceeded in death by his parents; 2 brothers, Leo and William; 3 sisters, Florence, Mabel and Lorene.
Visitation begins after 1 p.m. Friday with family visitation from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday at the Reynolds Funeral Chapel.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Reynolds Funeral Chapel in Sigourney, the Rev. Danny Lemons officiating. Burial will be in West Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Sigourney.

Friday, Sept. 25, 1992 Atlantic Telegraph