Kenneth W. Prater of St. Mary

Kenneth W. Prater, 68, of St. Mary, Missouri, died April 3, 2019 at Independence Care Center of Perry County in Perryville, Missouri.

He was born Feb. 26, 1951 in Salem, Missouri, son of Howard I. and Bertha I. (Turner) Prater. He married Rose Ann Romay on June 18, 1976. She survives in St. Mary.

Kenneth was retired from Chester Mental Health Center as a security therapy aide II. He was a member of Prairie Du Rocher Sportsman Club, Vietnam Veterans and the Southern Baptist Disaster Team in Kimberling City, Missouri. He enjoyed camping and gardening.

Survivors include one son, Alan W. Prater in St. Mary; two brothers and five sisters, Richard (Jane) Prater of Steeleville, Illinois, Harold "Issac" Prater of Chester, Illinois, Ada Hill of Percy, Illinois, Janet Beecher of Rutland, Illinois, Linda (Dave) Offerman of Burksville, Illinois, Nancy (Andy) Cleiman of Perryville and Vanessa (Dean) Byer of Tennessee; three grandchildren, Chandler, Wyatt and Kolbi Prater and several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Karen Ann Prater; three sisters, Betty Warren, Patricia Prater and Geraldene Pollard; and one brother, Carl Prater.

Private services were held with the family.

Memorials are preferred to Trinity Baptist Church in St. Mary.

Young & Sons Funeral Home, Inc. in Perryville, Missouri provided the arrangements. Online condolences may be made at youngandsonsfuneral.com.