Maxine Edith Pratt

During World War II, Mrs. Pratt supported our troops by working in Corpus Christi, Texas, wiring air planes, for the military. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was an avid traveler and reader. She adored her family and was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, who will truly be missed by all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her first husband in 1957, Raoul Stanley; her second husband, Kelly Pratt, in 1985; her parents, Maxwell and Edith, nee Wright, Eddings; a brother, Forrest B. Eddings; a sister, Doris Waidmann; a son-in-law, Anthony Pokojski; and a daughter-in-law, Shirley Stanley.

Surviving are her children, Gary L. (Nataliya) Stanley, Sr., of Bonita Springs, Florida and Deborah L. Pokojski, of Trenton, Illinois; her grandchildren, Laura Casper, Gary L. (Cynthia) Stanley, Jr., Jennifer (Kirk) League, and Matthew (Robin) Pokojski; her great grandchildren, Christopher Jordan “CJ”, Tristyn, Persia, Liberty, Duke, Kelsey, Kirk, Jr., and Kaleb; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Memorials are appreciated to the American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association. or The Wounded Warrior Project Condolences may also be expressed online at www.lakeviewfuneralhm.com.

Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday, July 10, 2015, at Lake View Funeral Home, Fairview Heights, Illinois.

Funeral: Services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, July, 11, 2015 at the funeral home with Rev. Charles West officiating. Interment will follow in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, Illinois.