Leibchen Wheeler Prather Obituary

Leibchen Wheeler Prather attended Lincoln High School in Des Moines, IA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Leibchen Wheeler Prather.

Graduation Year	Class of 1986
Date of Passing	Mar 26, 1993
About	Liebchen Wheeler Prather, 24, of Quantico, VA., died Friday March 26, 1993 in Fairfax, Virginia of injuries suffered in an auto accident. Her daughter, Elizabeth Katerina Prather, who was born following the accident, died Tuesday March 30, 1993. Joint services were held at Hamilton's near Highland Memory Gardens Funeral Home in Des Moines, and both were buried in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. Prather was born in Red Oak and Lived in Des Moines most of her life until moving to Virginia 2 1/2 years ago. She was a store manager for Fashion Bug Women's Wear and had been a member of the Lutheran Church. Survivors include her husband, Richard; her mother and Stepfather, Sherry and Douglas Butcher of Des Moines; her father and stepmother, Robert and Patricia Wheeler of West Des Moines; a sister Malisa Ireland of Bainbridge, N.Y.; two stepsisters, Brandie Isley of West Des Moines and Julie Thompson of Des Moines; Three stepbrothers, Chris Rhiner of West Des Moines, Douglas Butcher of Adel and Steve Rhiner of Des Moines; her grandmothers, Violet Flaugh of Des Moines and Lorraine Perkins of Red Oak; her step grandmothers, Marge Butcher of Atlantic and Ellen (Hellen) Coll of West Des Moines; and her great-grandmother, Julia Wheeler of Hastings.