Allen Leroy Pratt
Oct. 24, 1937 - Dec. 26, 2011

NILES - Allen L. Pratt, age 73 years, of Knott Road, Niles, Michigan died at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, December 26, 2011 at Lakeland Community Hospital in Niles. He was born October 24, 1937 in Bourbon, Indiana to Leroy & Erma (Lemler) Pratt and was raised by his father and step-mother, Winifred Pratt. He moved to the South Bend area at the age of 12.

Allen was a retired Master Senior Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy. He was a service manager at Coit's in South Bend and worked for Tem Pace in Niles.

On June 15, 1957 in Niles, he married the former Alice Hargreaves, who survives. Also surviving are their sons, Ricky Pratt and Michael Leroy Pratt, both of Niles and daughter Sheila Mazingo of Cassopolis, 9 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, his sisters Elaine Whitfield of Mishawaka and Betty Vance of North Carolina, step-sister Joan Walton of Kansas and aunt, Frances Lemler of Bourbon.

Mr. Pratt was preceded in death by his father, mother, step-mother and sister Diane Liggett.

The funeral service for Allen L. Pratt will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles with Pastor Jeffrey L. Whitaker of Michiana Christian Embassy officiating. Interment will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles and conclude with Full Military Honors by the United States Navy Honor Guard and American Legion Post #51, Buchanan. The family will receive friends and relatives beginning one hour before the service at the funeral home.

Contributions in memory of Allen may be made to the American Cancer Society or American Lung Association .
Published in South Bend Tribune on December 29, 2011

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