Kalamazoo County MI Archives Marriages.....DOE, Ruth Kathleen - PRATT, Ernest E. August 13, 1945 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Stephanie Mannion Wrightson swrightson51@gmail.com October 21, 2008, 1:34 am Kalamazoo Gazette, August 13, 1945, Pg 5, Col 1 BRIDE IN CEREMONY THIS MORNING. St. Augustine church was the scene of the wedding of Miss Ruth Kathleen Doe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John O. Doe, Douglas avenue, and Ernest E. Pratt, son of Mr. and Mrs. David W. Pratt, Sr., Reed avenue at 9 this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Pratt have left on their wedding trip in Northern Michigan after which they will reside in Kalamazoo. ************** Kalamazoo Gazette, August 14, 1970, Sec. A, Pg. 13, Col. 8: COUPLE OBSERVES 25TH ANNIVERSARY. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Pratt, 1829 Shaffer, observed their 25th wedding anniversary Thursday evening with a family dinner at Tur Mai Kai restaurant. The couple's daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Terry E. Wolters of Davenport, Iowa, joined them for dinner. Mr. Pratt and the former Ruth K. Doe exchanged nuptial vows Aug. 13, 1945, in St. Augustine Catholic Church. The late Rt. Rev. Msgr. John R. Hackett officiated. Mr. Pratt is business manager of the Kalamazoo Medical Center, Galesburg. ***************************** Kalamazoo Gazette, August 12, 1990, Sec. H, Pg. 5, Col. 2: ERNEST, RUTH PRATT. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Pratt, 3530 N. Drake, will observe their 45th wedding anniversary Saturday with a family dinner at a local restaurant. The event will be hosted by their daughter and son-in-law, Kathleen and Cork VanDerWege, Holland. Mr. Pratt and the former Ruth K. Doe were married Aug. 13, 1945, in St. Augustine Cathedral. Monsignor John Hackett officiated. They have one grandchild. Now retired, Mr. Pratt was employed as an accountant. Additional Comments: Ernest E. PRATT: b.February 14, 1917 Kalamazoo, MI; d.February 21, 1995 Kalamazoo, MI; bu.February 24, 1995 Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Kalamazoo, MI. Parents: David William PRATT, Sr. (1879-1946) and Mabel Mary MANNION (1889- 1986). Ruth DOE: b.abt.1920; d.bet.1995-1999. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. John O. DOE. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/kalamazoo/vitals/marriages/doe132gmr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb