IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Rhoda Rudd

Rhoda Rudd Prall Profile Photo

Prall

August 26, 1935 – May 30, 2010

Obituary

Albuquerque, New Mexico – Rhoda Rudd Prall, 74, Albuquerque, New Mexico, died of pneumonia and heart failure at Lovelace Women's Hospital on Sunday, May 30th, 2010. Rhoda was born August 26, 1935, in Larned, Kansas to Gerald and Olive Montgomery Rudd of Belpre Kansas. She spent her youth in Belpre with her Coppoc and Donavan cousins; graduated from Belpre High School in 1953; and earned her B.A. degree from Ottawa University in 1957. On June 8, 1956, at the Belpre Baptist Church, Rhoda and college classmate Richard D. Prall of Newton, Iowa were married. In 1958 Rhoda and Richard moved to Albuquerque to attend graduate school at the University of New Mexico. Before her retirement in 1990, Rhoda taught English at West Mesa High School for 24 years. Her life was centered around family, the extensive study of her family's ancestry, reading, gardening, camping, backpacking and travel. Rhoda served a term as Regent of the Lew Wallace Chapter of the D.A.R. She was preceded in death by her parents, infant son David Zane Prall, and sister Rothalea Rudd Miller. Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Richard D. Prall; son Kirk D. and wife Tanya Prall of Boise, Idaho; daughter Kim and husband Jim McCoy of Tijeras, New Mexico; grandsons Jondelle and wife Andrea Romero of Westmont, N.J.; Sean and wife Rickie Prall of Bloomington, Indiana; Zane Prall of Boise; great-grandson Maximo Romero; great- granddaughter Ria Romero; sister Gerry and husband Frank Victor of Leawood, Kansas; brother Pat Rudd of Phoenix, Arizona; brothers-in-law Keith (Linette) Miller of Parker, Colorado and Daniel E. Prall of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Graveside services will be held at Belpre Cemetery, Belpre, Kansas on June 12, at 11:00 a.m. by Beckwith Mortuary of Larned, Kansas. In lieu of flowers and because of her great interest in education, please send donations in Rhoda's name to the Prall Memorial Scholarship Fund, Ottawa University, in care of Beckwith Mortuary, Larned,
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Rhoda Rudd Prall, please visit our flower store.

Guestbook

Visits: 0

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors