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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270837
Title: James "Jim" Prather
Date: 11/16/1960-7/9/2023
Inscription/Marks: 11/16/1960
Summary: James “Jim” Prather, 62, Tioga, ND, passed away July 9, 2023, at his residence in Tioga. Funeral services were held July 14, 2023, at the Zion Free Lutheran Church in Tioga. Burial was held in the United Cemetery at Tioga. Jim was born November 16, 1960 in Williston, ND, to Edward H. and Orpha (Solwold) Prather and was the youngest of four children. He graduated from Tioga High School in 1979. His outstanding radio broadcasting career began at KTGO in Tioga while he was still in high school in 1976. Then he worked across the country and across several genres under his alias Big Jim Davis, in classic rock, top 40, light rock, adult contemporary, country, satellite radio, and a radio shopping network, before going back to his original announcing roots at KTGO in 2019. He coined his daily morning show at KTGO “Talk of the Town,” where he updated the audience with local events and happenings across the listening region. Jim married Donna (Vetsch) Prather in 1981 in New Rockford, ND, and they raised four children together. Upon returning to Tioga, he was very active in the community by serving on various community boards. Jim had an upbeat nature and a gift of recognizing and identifying the positive aspects in people. He enjoyed conversations and playing games with family and friends, hanging out with his fur babies, Husker and Lucky (who also joined him on air), and cozying up with them by the fire. He was a talented drummer and enjoyed having jam sessions with his friends. There is now one more great drummer in Heaven’s Band! Jim is survived by his wife, sister and brothers, his children, nieces and nephews, and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, parents-in-law, and three beloved pets.
Red ID: FND_I_78336

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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