Funeral service for James “Jim” Clarence Prentice, 85, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Calvary Temple Assembly of God, Lawrence. Burial will follow at 3:30 p.m. at Highland Cemetery, Iola. He died Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at his home.
He was born on April 24, 1930, in LaHarpe, the son of Harley and Naoma Prentice.
Jim was a captain at the Lawrence Fire Department for 25 years and a glazier for Kennedy Glass. He was in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. Jim was a member of the Calvary Temple Assembly of God.
He married Phyllis Cress on Dec. 24, 1953, in Iola. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Sheila Rygmyr and husband Tom, Ft. Scott, Lori Anderson and husband Eric, Lingle, Wyo.; five grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson. He was preceded in death by his son, James Prentice, daughter-in-law, Debbie Prentice, sister, Marjorie Wade, and two brothers, Donald Prentice and Gary Dalton.
The family will greet friends at 10 a.m. one hour prior to the service at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made in his name to Calvary Temple Assembly of God or American Heart Association and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
Online condolences may be sent to www.warrenmcelwain.com
Jim Prentice
