1942 - 2025
1942 - 2025
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Adrian F. “Add” Pralle, age 83, of Marysville, passed away on Friday, April 4, 2025, at Community Memorial Healthcare in Marysville.
Add was born January 6, 1942, in Marysville to Alfred C. and Ramona K. (Wasserman) Pralle. He went to Central Grade School and Marysville High School until he moved to Waterville in his Junior year, graduating from there in 1959. He kept in touch with his class in Marysville and Waterville, attending their reunions.
Add married Mary Prebble on October 31, 1963, in Manhattan. The were married for sixty-one years and had lived in Kansas, Colorado and Arizona.
Add worked various jobs, but worked for the Union Pacific Railroad for forty years. His hobby was cars, custom cars, car shows and swap meets.
He is survived by his wife Mary, a sister Eunice (Paul) Bremer of Arlington, Minnesota, a brother-in-laws Mark (Lynn) Prebble and Marvin (Marge) Prebble, and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding Add in death are his parents Alfred and Ramona Pralle, a son Barry Lynn Pralle and a sister Maxine Lister.
Memorial services will be held at Christie-Anderes Funeral Home in Waterville, at 2:00pm, on Thursday, May 29, 2025. A private inurnment at Greenwood Cemetery will be held at a later date.
Memorials may be made to the Adrian Pralle Memorial, to be determined later, and may be mailed to Christie-Anderes Funeral Home at PO Box 61, Waterville, Kansas 66548.
Christie-Anderes Funeral Home, Waterville, in charge of arrangements.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
308 West Walnut Street, Waterville, KS 66548

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