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Kindness, patience, love defined Mrs. Prater

In the fall of 1967, clutching a fat pencil, a box of crayons, and a Big Chief tablet, I became one of the 28 little kids in Peggy Prater's first grade class at Dora Elementary School.

By the end of the first day, I had fallen head over heels in love...