Jane Barton Pratt

Jane Barton Pratt, widow of Harry Chester Pratt of Bradenton, died October 27, 2012. She was born February 10, 1924 to Mason Byron Barton and Almina Caroline (Knowlton) Barton in Melrose, MA, and lived in Ardmore, PA until the age of 12. After the death of her father, Jane resided in New London, NH with her mother, brother Carlton Frye Barton and sister Mary Luette Barton. Jane graduated from New London High School in 1941 and University of New Hampshire in 1945. In 1951 Jane met Bradenton resident and accountant Harry Pratt, son of Dan and Caroline Druscilla (Wyatt) Pratt, and on August 8, 1952 they married in New London, NH, and she continued to reside in Bradenton, FL thereafter. Jane Pratt is survived by her three sons and their wives, Mason Dan and Donna (Walker) Pratt, Wyatt Barton and Vivian Lee (Madison) Pratt, and Keith Knowlton and Kelly (Jones) Pratt, her three grand children Drew Wyatt Pratt (son of Mason Pratt and Ann Wheatley), and Laura Vivian Pratt and Chase Madison Pratt (children of Wyatt and Vivian Pratt), sister Mary Luette (Barton) Belden (wife of Charles Marston Belden), brother-in-law Richard Wyatt Pratt (husband of Barbara Todd Pratt), and sister-in-law Martha Thom (Pratt) Whitcomb (wife of Harold Whitcomb). A memorial service and celebration of life will be held on Saturday, December 15th, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the Jane B. Pratt Alternative School Just for Girls, 1500 10th Street West, Palmetto, FL 34221. In lieu of flowers, Jane's expressed wishes are that she would greatly appreciate her friends and family generously supporting and contributing what they can to our next generation of promising girls by sending a donation to the Jane B. Pratt Scholarship Fund, c/o Just for Girls and the Manatee County Girls Club Foundation, Inc., 1011 21st Street East, Bradenton, FL 34208. For more information please call (941) 747-5757. Condolences for the family may be made online at www.shannonfuneralhomes.com. Arrangements by Shannon Funeral Home Westview Chapel, Bradenton.