This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WHL44 Surnames: PRATT, LAMBERT, LOCKWOOD, FRENETTE, AGULIARA, SIMMS, DONAVON, JOHNSTON Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/22610/mb.ashx Message Board Post: PRATT, Anita Marie Lambert Anita was the loving wife of Maurice Y. Pratt, deceased, and mother of Juanita Lockwood and Ernest J. Pratt. She is survived by Juanita; her four sons Daniel, Andrew, Mark Frenette, Michael Lockwood; Juanita's eight grandchildren; Ernest, his three daughters, Rachael Aguliara, Dawn Simms, Joanne Donavon; a son Tom Pratt; twelve grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; her sister Mary Theresa Johnston and many cousins, nieces and nephews. Anita was born in Upper Michigan and lived in Escanaba until the 1970's moving to Kalamazoo to live near her son and sisters. Anita and Maurice loved to travel and spent many winters with Juanita in Alaska, Colorado, Nevada and Southern California. Maurice died in 1993 and Anita continued to spend several months a year with her daughter. Anita had a stroke in March of 2007. She then moved to Hawaiian Gardens, CA to live with her daughter. Anita was an amazing mother, friend, and housewife. She did beautiful sewing, making many clothes, desig! ning and sewing all of her square dance dresses and Maurice's shirts. They taught many square dance classes. Maurice was a great caller also. Anita created lovely embroidery pieces, crocheted lace sweaters, hats and afghans. Other interests besides family, traveling and square dancing were playing cards, bingo, playing the slots in casinos, fishing and painting. Maurice loved to hunt and Anita would join him to do all the cooking. She was a very good cook too. They had a camp North of Rapid River MI and went there whenever they could get away. Anita was very active in St. Anthony and later St. Thomas Catholic churches in Escanaba and St. Mary Catholic Church in Kalamazoo. Maurice was a Knight of Columbus as is his son, Ernest. Anita will be missed. A funeral mass was said at St. Mary Catholic Church March 29th at 10:00 AM and a lovely reception followed for family and friends in St. Mary's Hall. Anita's ashes will be brought to Escanaba to wait for burial when the ground is! unthawed. A memorial mass will be said at St. Thomas Catholic Church on Saturday April 12th at 11:00 AM with a reception following for family and friends in St. Thomas's Hall. Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 4/4/2008. (Posted by a VOLUNTEER-NO family connection) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.