NORTH MANCHESTER - Roger D. Prater, 58, of North Manchester, died at 2:36 p.m. Nov. 15, 2010, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on Ind. 13 north of Wabash.
He was born Aug. 19, 1952, in Prestonsburg, Ky., to Oliver and Junie Salmons Prater. On Dec. 26, 1983, he married Kathy L. Woomer, who survives.
He began his career as a chef with Holiday and Marriott inns and later purchased the Howard House Restaurant, LaFontaine. While in LaFontaine he established J.P.'s Sportsman Corner with Denny Jones. Moving to North Manchester, he purchased The Inn and established the City Limits Catering Hall. He was the owner of Scotty's Bar, Wabash, and a real estate broker for Manchester Realty. He was a 1971 graduate of Southwood High School. He was a member of Congregational Christian Church, Moose Lodge 1518 and Deming Lodge 88 F&AM, all of North Manchester; Scottish Rite; Mizpah Shrine; Sons of the American Legion; and Eagles Lodge; and a life member of NRA and Elks Lodge, Wabash.
Also surviving are a brother, Jerry Prater, Duck River, Tenn.; two sisters, Pauline Spohr, Centerville, Tenn., and Willadean Skaggs, Frankfort, Ky.
Services and Masonic Rites will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Congregational Christian, Church, North Manchester, with Pastor J.P. Freeman officiating. Burial will be at a later date at Fairview Cemetery, Servia.
Calling is from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday at the church.
McKee Mortuary, North Manchester, is in charge of arrangements.
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Memorials may be made to Congregational Christian Church, 310 N. Walnut St., North Manchester, IN 46962; Shriner's Children's Hospital, c/o Mizpah Temple AAONMS, 407 W. Berry St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802; or Manchester Aquatic Center, c/o Manchester Parks & Recreation Dept., P.O. Box 252, North Manchester, IN 46962.
