St. Clair County Obits

HARRY L. PRITCHARD

Osceola Library Files
Funeral services for Harry L. Pritchard were held Monday, January 12, 1976, at 2 p.m. in the El Dorado Springs Christian Church with the Rev. Paul Whitfield officiating. Burial was in the El Dorado Springs cemetery under the direction of Isbell-Carothers Funeral Home.
Mr. Pritchard, a native of St. Clair County, died Thursday in the El Dorado Springs Memorial Hospital at the age of 90.
He was a retired teacher, farmer and banker and had been cashier at the Roscoe bank and the Lowry City bank. He retired 15 years ago as executive vice-president of the Tri-County State Bank in El Dorado Springs.
Mr. Pritchard served two terms, from 1918 to 1926, as Recorder of Deeds in St. Clair County and the family made their home in Osceola for a number of years.
He is survived by his wife Ruth; four sons, Jack of Kansas City, Keith of Grandview, William S. of Houston, Tex. and Harry L. of Nevada; two daughters, Mrs. Laura L. Pickell, Kansas City and Mrs. Margaret Wallace, Houston, Tex. He also leaves 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.