Carolyn Mary Sears

1891 - 1988  (97 years)

• Name	Carolyn Mary Sears
  Born	19 Jun 1891	of Venango Co., Pa
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Nov 1988	New York, n.y.
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Person ID	I38923	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Family	Alfred Clarence Prather,   b. 1894, of Venango Co., Pa ,   d. 1961  (Age 67 years)
  Married	of Venango Co., Pa
  Children	1. Geraldine Ina Prather,   b. 22 Apr 1919,   d. 9 Nov 2014, Rochester, NY  (Age 95 years)   2. Wilfred Clarence Prather,   d. deceased + 3. Patricia Adel Prather,   b. 8 Mar 1927, Buffalo, NY ,   d. 23 Nov 2008, Columbus, OH  (Age 81 years)
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F19009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Pioneer as GOP Committeewoman... said to have served as the first Republican committeewoman in Buffalo, N.Y. Mrs. Prather a native of Buffalo, became involved in GOP politics in the mid- 1920's and was elected as a committeewoman. she organized the Lafayette Rupublican Drum Corps, a marching unit of 40 women, and led the group when it marched in the inaugural parade of President Herbert C. Hoover in Washington on March 4, 1929... As a child, she was in the crowd at the Pan-American Exposition on Sept. 6, 1901, when President William McKinley was assassinated. Although she did not witness the shooting, she observed the commotion that followed it and enhjoyed telling about that historical event in her later years....As a young woman, Mrs. Prther became an enthusiastic fan of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture after working as a secrretarry in the Lrkin Building which was designed by Wright. She served 2 terms as president of the Buffalo Parent-Teacher Assn. Council. In 1947 she moved to the Batavia area where she helped organize the Batavia Branch of the Americna Assn. of Retired Persons. She was involved in various senior citizen activities in Batavia and was named that city's Senior Citizen of the Year in the early 1970's. Mrs. Prather's husband, died in 1961.