Antoinette "Toni" L. (Chewning) Prather

DATELINE:  Lyons, Kansas

NAME:  Antoinette L. “Toni” Prather

AGE:  70 yrs                                                

DATE OF DEATH:  April 15, 2017

PLACE OF DEATH: Sandstone Heights Nursing Home, Little River

DATE OF BIRTH: May 31, 1946

PLACE OF BIRTH: Covina, California

PARENTS: Eugene & Esther Nastri Chewning

RESIDENCE: Lyons since 1964

OCCUPATION: former nursing home administrator at Kingman & McPherson;

Chamber of Commerce Manager at Lyons and McPherson; Rice County Community

Foundation Director

EDUCATION: Graduated from Lyons High School; Barton County Community College

& received a Bachelor’s Degree from Friends University and her Master’s Degree

from Kansas State University; graduated from the National Chamber Institute

MEMBERSHIPS:  St. Paul Catholic Church, Lyons

MARRIAGE: She married Ralph Barker, they later divorced.  She married Jack Prather

on June 3, 1992 at Newkirk, Oklahoma

SURVIVORS:   Husband, Jack of the home; Sons, Bobby & Jody Barker, Lyons, Jace &

Mary Beth Prather, Tulsa, OK.; Daughters, Kim & Rick Miller, Jennifer Barker both of Lyons,

Jill Bliss, Jan Dietrich, Jena & Derek White, Jara & Jason Herron all of Tulsa, OK.; Sister,

Carol & Terry Hunter, Papillion, NE.; 24 Grandchildren, 5 Great-Grandchildren

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY:  Parents

FUNERAL MASS AND PARISH ROSARY: 10:00 A.M., Thursday, April 20, 2017 at

St. Paul Catholic Church, Lyons  

OFFICIATING: Father Robert Spencer

BURIAL: Lyons Municipal Cemetery

VISITATION: 3:00 to 7:00 P.M., April 19, 2017 at Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons with

family present

MEMORIAL: Rice County Community Foundation, Sandstone Heights Nursing Home,

St. Paul Catholic Church or Hospice of Reno County in care of the funeral home.

To send flowers to the family, please visit our floral store.