Alice A. (Weeks) Pratt passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at the Sheridan County Health Complex LTC, after a lifetime of living in Sheridan County. Alice was born March 10, 1927 to Clarence and Pearl (Godfrey) Weeks, the third of seven children. She attended school in Hoxie graduating from Sheridan County High School. Alice attended Fort Hays State University to obtain a teaching certificate during war years and taught in several rural schools in the area.
Alice married James “Jimmy” E. Pratt on May 17, 1948 in Seguin, Kansas. Two children, Charles “Chuck” and Karen completed the family. After marrying, Alice joined the Catholic Church and was a member of Sodality. The family lived on the family ranch for the first years of their marriage and later moved to Hoxie.
Alice always enjoyed working and her jobs. She babysat until her own children graduated from high school. She worked for many years for the Hoxie Sale Barn cooking the meals on sale days. She was a clerk at the Ben Franklin Store and at the Hoxie Stop 2 Shop. She enjoyed seeing and visiting with the people who came into the businesses. At the Stop to Shop, Alice opened the store early in the morning. The regulars enjoyed seeing her each morning. After retirement, Alice would mention how she loved to work and had a wish to go back to work. When she was not working, she loved to cook and taught many to make pies. She was a seamstress and enjoyed sewing and making clothes for her children. She liked flowers especially red roses
Alice is survived by her son, Charles “Chuck” and his wife Diane of Hoxie, Kansas; daughter, Karen Deibert of Hoxie, Kansas; brothers, Bill Weeks of Hoxie, Kansas, and Murl Weeks and wife Anita of Oklahoma; sister-in-law, Judy Weeks; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy; parents, Clarence and Pearl Weeks; Infant Grandson, Shane Pratt; brother, Al Weeks; sister, Violet Rogers, Marge Thaden, and infant sister, Nellie Weeks.
A Mass of Christian Burial is planned for Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 10:30 A.M. at the St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church in Hoxie, Kansas. A visitation will be held on Monday, April 22, 2019, at Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home from 2:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. with a Vigil Service at 7:00 P.M. There will be a private family inurnment at a later day. The family has chosen the Sheridan County Health Complex LTC or the Sheridan County Benefit Walk as memorials. Memorials may be sent in care of Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home, PO Box 987, Hoxie, Kansas 67740. Online condolences may be left at mickeyleopoldfuneral.com
Alice loved to work, her family, visiting with people, and especially “doing things her way”. She has gone home to be with the Lord Jesus Christ. Every step of the way she did ‘things her way”.