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Edward J. Prentice
b.1925-11-02; d.2012-03-28; Manchester, CT, US; Obits For Life
(contributed by Scott Prentice on 2013-09-21)
Edward J. Prentice, 86, lifelong resident of Manchester and loving husband for 64 years to Doris A. (Carlson) Prentice, died Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at Manchester Manor after losing his battle with pneumonia. He was born in Manchester on November 2, 1925, one of three children of Thomas and Anna (Howarth) Prentice. He attended Manchester schools, graduating from Manchester High School in 1944. He joined the US Navy, serving with the Seabees in the Pacific during World War II.
Ed was an engineer at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company for over forty years before retiring in 1987. He was a member of Masonic Lodge # 73 of Manchester, and attended Emanuel Lutheran Church. He was an avid car buff. and a creative and inventive jack-of-all-trades. He is survived by his wife and two children, Scott Thomas Prentice of Manchester and Laura Ann Witt of Vernon, and a sister, Betty Ann Schindler of Broad Brook. Besides his parents, Ed was predeceased by his sister, Dorothy Hartmann. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, April 3, at 11:30 AM in the East Cemetery (Section 16 Harrison), 240 East Center Street, Manchester. Visiting hours are Monday, April 2, from 4 PM to 7 PM at the Holmes Funeral Home, 400 Main Street, Manchester. Memorial contributions may be made to the Emanuel Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 60 Church Street, Manchester, CT 06040
Brought to you by: Holmes-Watkins Funeral Homes
Ed was an engineer at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company for over forty years before retiring in 1987. He was a member of Masonic Lodge # 73 of Manchester, and attended Emanuel Lutheran Church. He was an avid car buff. and a creative and inventive jack-of-all-trades. He is survived by his wife and two children, Scott Thomas Prentice of Manchester and Laura Ann Witt of Vernon, and a sister, Betty Ann Schindler of Broad Brook. Besides his parents, Ed was predeceased by his sister, Dorothy Hartmann. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, April 3, at 11:30 AM in the East Cemetery (Section 16 Harrison), 240 East Center Street, Manchester. Visiting hours are Monday, April 2, from 4 PM to 7 PM at the Holmes Funeral Home, 400 Main Street, Manchester. Memorial contributions may be made to the Emanuel Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 60 Church Street, Manchester, CT 06040
Brought to you by: Holmes-Watkins Funeral Homes
NOTES
Edward J. Prentice is in our Spring 2008 Newsletter article; he is #4.1 in our article about Thomas Prentice of Drumcree, Ireland. www.prenticenet.com/.../thomas_prentice_drumcree_northern_ireland.htm.
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