Lucille Marjorie Prater
Lucille Marjorie Prater, of Plainville, passed away on June 1, 2025, in Hays, at the age of 98.
She was born on February 4, 1927, to Carl and Barbara (Schauer) Pfannkuch in the family farmhouse in Phillips County, Kansas.
Raised during the Great Depression, Lucille learned the value of hard work at a young age. Whether it was harvesting wheat with scissors, milking the family's famously temperamental cow before school, or helping at her parents' business after classes, Lucille's industrious spirit remained steadfast throughout her life.