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Harold and Fern E. (Dunagan) Prentice, Pleasant Valley



HAROLD'S FAMILY

In 1900 Laird precinct, Burton D. Prentice is 40, Idelah Prentice 39 Wife, Earl W. Prentice 15 Son, Blanch G. Prentice 13 Daughter, Claud C. Prentice 11 Son, Jay R. Prentice 9 Son, Maggie M. Prentice 8 Daughter, Floy K. Prentice 6 Son, Nellie L. Prentice 6 Daughter, Harrold O. Prentice 2 Son, Zella A. Prentice 5/12 Daughter, and Dolley J. Long 34 Servant.

1935 Mr. and Mrs. Jay Prentice and family, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Prentice and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Prentice and family spent Sunday with Harold Prentice and family north of Yuma. Harold has rented a farm in Indiana and they are going there to live.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Prentice, Cur and Dale, spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Ward Omdorff who were also i entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Russell ; Fearing, Miss Wilma Ocobock of Hoxie, Kansas, and Howard Fearing of the U. S. S. California.

August 1954 Among the relatives of Mrs. C. C. Prentice who came to Wray for the C. C. Prentice funeral services were Mrs. Rilla Freeman, Leslie Freeman, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Rowland, Mr. and Mrs. John Ravenkamp, all of Kingsdonn, Kan., Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Walker of St. Paul, Kan., Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fearing, Jane and Howard Jr. of Salem, HI., Mrs. Lottie Coss of Fresno, Calif., Mrs. E. N. Lester of Fowler, Mrs. Marine Fearing of Indian Hills, Mrs. Beulah Orndorff of Aurora and Percy S. Coss of Denver. Prentice relatives who were here included Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Duckworth and daughter Gail of Huntington Park, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brown and family of Onawa, la., Norman Prentice of Lake Tahoe, Calif., Harold Prentice of Cloverdale, Ind., and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Prentice of Denver.




Funeral services for Floyd K. Prentice, 65, of Denver were held at the Methodist church in Hotchkiss on Tuesday afternoon, January 5, with Rev. Paul Shields officiating. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery under the direction of the Taylor Mortuary. A former dairyman at Hotchkiss, where he had resided for nearly 20 years, Mr. Prentice had been living at Denver the past four years. He died at seven-thirty Thursday evening, December 31, at Presbyterian Hospital in Denver shortly after being stricken by a heart attack. He was bom April 28, 1894. at Laird, Colorado, a son of Burton and Idela Knight Prentice, and attended schools at Fort Collins and Colorado State University. He married Gertrude Taylor at Denver on September 19, 1919. Before his death he had been a custodian in a Denver Methodist church. Surviving are his wife; a son, Wayne Prentice of Denver; two daughters. Mrs. Joyce Littlejohn and Mrs. Janice Doss, both of Modesto, Calif.; three brothers. Jay Prentice of Laird, Harold Prentice of West Bend, Ind., and Earl Prentice of Kansas City, Kan.; two sisters, Mrs. Zella Duckworth of Huntington Park, Calif., and Miss Margaret Prentice, an overseas missionary; and seven grandchildren.

FERN'S FAMILY
In 1920 Owen County, Indiana, Samual C. Dunagan is 57, Minnie M. Dunagan 57 Wife, Fern Dunagan 23 Daughter, Ruth Dunagan 19 Daughter, Carl Dunagan 17 Son, and Gladys Dunagan 9 Daughter.


Fern E. Dunagan was the Pleasant Valley teacher in 1920-1921
HAROLD AND FERN

1914 Harold Prentice will return next week to enter upon his third year of preparation in the Agricultural college at Fort Collins , B. D. Prentice has given three of his children , including Harold , all the advantages that this state institution can confer , which is about the most valuable legacy that a far-seeing father can furnish ,

March 1921

May 1921

March 1922 "Harold Prentice and Miss Fern Dunagan were entertained at the E.B. Blackburn home Sunday."

Harold O. Prentice, 24, married Fern E. Dunagan on April 29, 1922 in Akron, Colorado.

May 4, 1922

1928 "J. P. Speirs, as administrator for the estate of Burton D. Prentice, deceased, will hold a public sale on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the Harold Prentice residence six miles north of Waverly and 16 miles north of Schramm. The sale will begin at 10 a. m. sharp. Property consisting of horses, mules, cattle, machinery, chickens, household goods, etc., will be disposed of at auction. The Ladies Aid will serve lunch. The terms of the sale will be cash. The big sale ad appears in another part, of the Rattler this week. Don’t fail to look it over."

1929 "Mrs. Earl McCullough, of Clear Creek, Indiana, arrived in Yuma Monday and is a guest at the home of her sister, Mrs. Harold Prentice, twenty-two miles northeast of this city."

In 1930 Magee Precinct, Yuma County, Hearld O. Prentice is 32, Fern E. Prentice 35 Wife, Bettyjane Prentice 6 Daughter, and Robert E. Prentice 4 Son.

From the neighbors, this was in far north Yuma County, east of Clarkville post office.


Harold, Fern, Robert, and Betty
Thanks to the Prentice family

In 1940 Morgan County, Indiana, Harold Prentice is farming, 42, Fern E. Prentice 44 Wife, Betty J. Prentice 16 Daughter, Robert Prentice 14 Son, and Ruth Prentice 8 Daughter.
1952 "Mrs. Harold Prentice is ill at the home of her daughter Betty. Pretentices formerly lived here. Mail will reach her at Enos Shunmaker, 122 Hanley St. , Plainville, Indiana."


Fern Elaine Dunagan Prentice BIRTH 1895 DEATH 1952 (aged 56–57) BURIAL Mannan Cemetery Morgan County, Indiana, MEMORIAL ID 86951940.

Harold died April 14, 1971 in Owen County, Indiana, born Sept 2, 1897 in Colorado, widowed, retired farmer. He was to be buried in the Mannon Cemetery, Cloverdale, daughter Ruth Paris Duncan.

BETTY
Betty J. Prentice Shumaker BIRTH 1923 DEATH 11 Nov 1994 (aged 70–71) Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA BURIAL Maple Hill Cemetery Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana, USA MEMORIAL ID 89683748 "BETTY J. PRENTICE SHUMAKER, 71, Plainfield. died Tuesday. Mrs. Shumaker was a registered nurse at the Truck and Bus Operations of General Motors Corp., Indianapolis Manufacturing Plant for 22 years, retiring in 1988. Previously she had been a registered nurse at Allison Transmission Division of General Motors Corp. four years. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Plainfield First Baptist Church, of which she was a member. Calling will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday in Hampton-Gentry Funeral Home, Plainfield, and from 1 p.m. Saturday in the church.
Survivors: husband Enos Shumaker, sons Ron, Steven, Kevin Shumaker; daughter Deborah Settles; brother Robert Prentice: sister Ruth Duncan: 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

"Enos E. Shumaker, 81, Plainfield, died March 5, 2003. He worked in the delivery department 44 years for L.S. Ayres and Co., retiring in 1986. Mr. Shumaker was a Marine veteran of World War II. He was a member of 1st Baptist Church of Plainfield, Plainfield Masonic Lodge 653 and Indianapolis Scottish Rite. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association or American Cancer Society. Services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday. March 8 in Hampton-Gentry Funeral Home, Plainfield, with calling from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 7. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Plainfield. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty J. Prentice Shumaker. Survivors include his sons, Ronald E. Shumaker, Clayton, Steven L. Shumaker, Plainfield, Kevin E. Shumaker, Beech Grove; daughter Deborah E. Settles, Heltonville; 10 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren."

Robert Earl Prentice Birth Date: 23 Nov 1925 Birth Place: Haxtun, Colorado Marriage Date: 3 Jun 1948 Marriage Place: Indiana, United States Residence Place: Plainfield, Hendricks, Indiana Father: Harold Prentice Mother: Fern Dunigan Spouse: Juanita Marie White Officiator: Adah M Johnsonz

Corp. Robert E. Prentice BIRTH 23 Nov 1925 DEATH 25 Apr 1999 (aged 73) BURIAL Union Memory Garden Blairsville, Union County, Georgia, USA MEMORIAL ID 32370484

Juanita Marie “Grams” White Prentice BIRTH 6 Oct 1930 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA DEATH 21 Feb 2020 (aged 89) Union County, Georgia, USA BURIAL Union Memory Garden Blairsville, Union County, Georgia, USA MEMORIAL ID 207324260
"Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death and funeral services for Mrs. Juanita Marie Prentice, age 89, who passed away on Friday, February 21st, 2020 at her residence in Blairsville.
Mrs. Prentice was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, a daughter of the late Carl White and the late Jennie Crosley White. She had been living in Blairsville since 1992, moving here from Port St. Lucie, Florida. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Union County, and the Union General Hospital Auxiliary. She was lovingly known as "Grams" by her family. Her husband, Robert E. Prentice, passed away in 1999.
She is survived by her family members: daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Robert Roxbury; son and daughter-in-law, Thomas and Sally Prentice; son and daughter-in-law, James and Leonda Prentice; and son and daughter-in-law, Keith and Leora Prentice; Ten grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren also survive. "

Ruth I. Duncan, age 86, of Cloverdale, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, November 13th, 2018. She was born in Laird, Colorado to the late Harold O. and Fern E. (Dunagan) Prentice. She married Clyde Lee Paris June of 1951 and he preceded her in death. She then married William Robert Duncan December of 1966 and he preceded her in death. She was a registered nurse for Owen County Schools for over twenty years and a member of the Millgrove Methodist Church.
She is survived by her children, Pamela J. Hodges and husband Kenneth, Kathie Bigos and husband Jerry, and Warren P. Duncan and wife Samantha; 10 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; and sister in law Juanita White Prentice.

Garold Lee Paris, 60, Quincy, passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at Bloomington Hospital.
Born April 29, 1952 in Indianapolis, he was the son of Clyde Lee and Ruth I. (Prentice) Paris.
He was married to Sherry Ann Dean on Sept. 10, 1977, and she survives.
He is also survived by his sons, Aaron Paris and wife Syble and Benjamin Paris and wife Randi; his mother, Ruth I. Paris Duncan; his sisters, Pamela Hodges and husband Kenny and Kathie Bigos and husband Jerry; his brother Warren Duncan and wife Char; and his grandchildren, Avery Paris, Addison Paris and Liam Paris.
He was a retired truck driver for Roadway.
He was a member of the Millgrove United Methodist Church and Teamsters Local 135, Indianapolis.
He had been a Cub Scout leader and a coach for the Cloverdale Youth Baseball League.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 17 at Millgrove United Methodist Church.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday, July 16 at Millgrove United Methodist Church, 11151 Millgrove Rd., Quincy.
He was preceded in death by his son, William Arthur Paris; his father, Clyde Lee Paris; his sister, Regina Jo Suttle; and his stepfather, William Robert Duncan.

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