Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Esther E. GARRETT
Published: Friday, September 24, 2010
Esther Garrett Pratt, of Kennett Square, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford, at the age of 96.
Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Howard M. and Francis M. Garrett.
She was the widow of Edward Leroy Pratt, who passed away in August 1937.
Esther was a graduate of Unionville High School in 1931 and attended Millersville and West Chester universities.
For many years she worked as a bookkeeper and a salesperson for Pusey's Hardware Store in Avondale. In 1981 she retired from Verizon Telephone Co. after 28 years of service as an operator in Wilmington, Del. She then took a position of switchboard operator at New Bolton Center for several years.
She enjoyed gardening, playing cards, Scrabble and working on puzzles. She also enjoyed taking long walks and spending time with her family.
She is survived by two sons, Richard L. Pratt and his wife, Dorothy, of Rio Rico, Ariz., and William D. Pratt and his wife, Judith, of Kennett Square. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Charles Wayne Pratt of Aurora, Colo., Michael D. Pratt and his wife, Elizabeth, of Littleton, Colo., Susan P. Murphy and her husband, Kevin, of Kennett Square, and Sandra P. Kovach and her husband, Thomas, of Wilmington, Del.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Marion Rosenthal and Anne Skelton; and two grandchildren, Richard L. Pratt Jr. and Lisa G. Pratt.
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