Dorothea Ida Pratt

PRATT - Dorothea Ida, 82, died Friday, April 20, 2007 at Alterra Wynwood Assisted Living Center, Niskayuna. Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on September 30, 1924, she was the daughter of Henry Francis and Wilhelmina Thaler Francis. She lived in North Bellmore, N.Y. most of her life until 2002. Dorothea attended Bellmore Senior Center, was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, a volunteer for the Lutheran Food Pantry of Hempstead and a longtime Girl Scout volunteer and professional. She was an avid crafter and recycler. Dorothea is predeceased by her husband Frederic William Pratt Jr. She is survived by two children, Kathleen E. Pratt (Alan E. Opresko), Averill Park, and Frederic W. (Jana) Pratt III, Bayport, N.Y.; her brother, Henry G. (Grace) Francis Jr., Havelock, N.C.; grandchildren Frederic IV and Sara Jane Pratt and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by two brothers, Charles Francis and Albert Francis. The family extends a special thank you to her beloved aides Michelle and Catherine Stevens, the staff of Alterra Wynwood and the Community Hospice of Schenectady. Friends and Family are invited to a memorial service which will be held on Sunday Dec 2nd at 4PM at the Grace Lutheran Church, 1294 Bellmore Ave., North Bellmore. Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to Nassau County Girl Scouts, 110 Ring Road, West Roosevelt Field, Garden City, NY 11530.