Obituary for Ruth Allene "Suzy" Pratt (Pratt) Ruth A. "Suzy" Pratt, 92, of Kingsley, Iowa passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2016 at Kingsley Specialty Care. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 29, 2016 at the New Life Baptist Church in Kingsley. Pastor Ken Kraft will officiate. Burial will follow at the Kingsley Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 28, 2016 at the Johnson – Earnest Funeral Home in Kingsley. The family present from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. with a prayer service scheduled at 7:00 p.m. There will be an hour visitation prior to the service on Monday at the church.

Ruth Allene "Suzy" Pratt was born on September 24, 1923, on a farm near Preston, Nebraska to Frank Ellison and Lucy Jeanette (Snyder) Pratt. She spent her elementary years at Preston Community School until the eighth grade and later graduated from Hiawatha High School (Kansas) in 1940. Ruth went on to attend Westmar College in Le Mars, Iowa and earned a secretarial degree. It was there that she met a young woman in her English class with the same last name, Grace Pratt. Grace and Ruth became roommates and Grace eventually introduced Ruth to her brother, Ben. Ruth and Ben were married November 27, 1942, in Hiawatha, Kansas. They returned to the Pratt family farm near Kingsley, Iowa to live and work together. Suzy was involved in all aspects of farming. She entered Kingsley Specialty Care facility in January of 2014 where she received loving care until God called her home.

Suzy was well known for her beautiful singing voice. At about age 12 she sang her first solo "The Old Rugged Cross" in her church in Preston, Nebraska. Later in life she sang at numerous occasions including weddings, funerals, church and community events. She enjoyed being a part of the Le Mars Sweet Adelines and sang lead in a quartet group called "Siouxland Sals".

Ruth was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Moville where she sang, played piano and organ, directed the choir, taught Sunday School and was a youth leader. During their retirement years, winters were spent in Apache Junction, Arizona. She led bible studies at their park in Arizona and together Suzy would sing and Ben would run the sound system. For thirteen years at their home during August they hosted "Gospel Sing on the Farm". They also entertained at gospel concerts throughout the Midwest.

She is survived by her loving husband of 73 years, Ben of rural Kingsley, IA; son, Lowell Pratt and his wife, Mary of Mesa, AZ; daughter, Deanna Pratt of Kingsley, IA; grandchildren, Tony Pratt, Misti Visser and her children, Tyler, Corbin, Kennedi and Eli of Mesa, AZ; and one sister in-law, Barbara Pratt of Hiawatha, KS; as well as numerous nieces and nephews and their children.

Suzy is preceded in death by her parents; infant brother, Robert Ellison; infant sister, Eva Lucille; and brother, Alvin Lynds Pratt.

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