PRATHER, Joan Jean - b. January 3, 1941 - d. June 4, 2013

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Joan Jean Prather, age 72, a resident of Walnut Creek, California, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.  She was born on January 3, 1941, the daughter of Lloyd and Mary (Towner) Prather.

Joan was a graduate of Sedan High School Class of 1959.  She earned her RN degree from the School of Nursing in Wichita, Kansas.  She then joined the United States Air Force and served in Cam Ranh Bay during the Vietnam War.  Before completing her term of duty in the Air Force, she earned the rank of Captain.  Later, she worked for Kaiser Medical Center in Oakland, California and retired from there as Supervisor of Nurses of the Intensive Care Unit.  Joan was a member of the American Baptist Church.

Joan is survived by one brother, Fred White and his wife, Tina of Sedan, Kansas; one nephew, Scott White and his wife, Jamie of Ottawa, Kansas; 2 nieces, Ginny Krenzin and her husband, Jeremy of Louisville, Kentucky and Jana Joan Milligan and her husband, Jim of Cleveland, Ohio; 4 great-nieces; and 2 great-nephews.

Graveside memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, July 8, 2013 at the Longton Cemetery in Longton, Kansas with Pastor John Warring officiating.  Memorials are suggested to the Sedan Alumni Class of 1959 or Disabled American Veterans and may be sent to the funeral home.  Online condolences may be left at www.countrysidefh.com.  Arrangements are entrusted to Countryside-Zimmerman Funeral Home, 206 E. Washington, Howard, Kansas 67349.

(taken from the Countryside Funeral Home website)