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The following information comes from the obituary of Doris F. Prentice:

1. Ted Prentice was likely b. c. 1920-1926 at an unknown location. During WW II, he was stationed at Camp Swift, near Austin, TX, in the 10th Mtn Dvsn. At the end of WW II Ted returned from the war in Italy and went to Austin to marry Doris. They lived in Berkeley, CA, and Manhattan, KS, where Ted attended the Universities of California and Kansas State. After six years in Kansas City and 26 years in the Chicago suburbs they retired in El Valle Del Sol Park in Mission, TX, in 1982 and have lived there ever since. He is living in 2006.

He m. Doris F. Huffman in 1945. She was b. in Itasca, TX, on 12 Sep 1926 and d. 18 Mar 2006 in Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX. She graduated from Itasca High School in 1944. During WW II she worked in Austin, Texas, for the Bell Telephone Company. It was there she met Ted Prentice who was stationed at Camp Swift, near Austin. She d. 18 Mar 2006 at the Comfort House in McAllen, TX. The SSDI gives her last residence as Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX. Children of Ted and Doris:

1. Norman Prentice. In 2006 he lives in Apple Valley, UT.
2. Janet Prentice. She m. Mr. Perry and in 2006 lives in Henderson, NV.

They also have a grandson, Mark Gruetter and one granddaughter, Candice Perry.

Doris' published obituary reads as follows:

DORIS F. PRENTICE

MISSION ??? Doris F. Prentice of Mission, Texas, died March 18, 2006, at the Comfort House in McAllen. Born in Itasca, Texas, in 1926, she graduated from Itasca High School in 1944. During WWII she worked in Austin, Texas, for the Bell Telephone Company. It was there she met Ted Prentice who was stationed at Camp Swift, near Austin in the 10th Mtn Dvsn. At the end of WWII Ted returned from the war in Italy and went to Austin to marry Doris. They lived in Berkeley, Calif., and Manhattan, Kan., where Ted attended the Universities of California and Kansas State. After six years in Kansas City and 26 years in the Chicago suburbs they retired in El Valle Del Sol Park in Mission, Texas, in 1982.

She is survived by her husband, Mr. Ted Prentice, two children, Norman Prentice of Apple Valley, Utah and Janet Perry of Henderson, Nev.; one grandson, Mark Gruetter and one granddaughter, Candice Perry. She is also survived by one sister, Helen Seelke of Granbury, Texas, and one brother, Ralph Huffman of South Texas.

A memorial service will be 3 p.m., Thursday, March 23, 2006, at First Baptist Church in McAllen. Officiating will be Dr. Bill Sutton. Arrangements were entrusted to the care of Kreidler Funeral Home Inc.

Since Doris was b. in 1926, it is likely that Ted was b. between 1920 and 1930. We checked the 1930 census to see what we could find. We located 2 possibilities:

1. Theodore S. Prentice, b. c. 1925 in Binghamton, Broome Co., NY, son of Robert and Pearl D. Prentice

2. Theodore C. Prentce, b. c. 1921 in Buffalo, Erie Co., NY, son of Robert H. and Margaret S. Prentice.

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