JAMES PRATT OBITUARY
Obituary
James Anderson Pratt of Hope Valley, RI, 72,
passed away on July 4, 2018 at his nursing home
in Woonsocket.
After graduating from South Kingstown High
School in Rhode Island, he went on to receive a
Bachelor of Arts from Williams College, with a
major in Russian Area Studies. He had spent one
summer in high school traveling around Russia
with a group from the American Friends Service
Committee. After college graduation, he joined
the Peace Corps, teaching English for two years
in Tunisia and six months in Togo. Later, he
earned two Masters degrees in clinical
psychology and education as well as teaching
certifications k-12. He worked for the Rhode
Island state government and as a substitute
teacher. He was passionate aboutfishing,
canoeing and camping, going on many long canoe
trips in Canada with friends and family and
working as a mate on a deep sea fishing party
boat for several summers. He enjoyed getting to
know people, and even near the end of his life,
he loved to make people laugh.
Jim is survived by his two children, Catherine
Laura Pratt Stemle, and Rachel Sarah Pratt and
his sister, Susan Pratt Walton.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
theWood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association, (see
their websitewww.wpwa.org/).An informal memorial
is planned for mid October; feel free to contact
Susan Walton ([email protected]) for details.
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