Teresa Rose Pratzner Harmston

Friday, Jan. 27, 2017

July 23, 1932 – Jan. 2, 2017

Teresa Rose Pratzner Harmston, 84, formerly of Roosevelt, passed away Jan. 2, 2017 at the Uintah Care Center.

Teresa was born July 23, 1932 in Egg Harbor, N.J. to Stephen and Sue Guerrier Pratzner. She grew up in Reading, Pa., where she attended St. Margaret’s Catholic Grade School and graduated from Central Catholic High School in June, 1950. In 1951, she graduated from Reading Business Institute.  

On Aug. 4, 1951, while vacationing in Atlantic City, she met a special man at a dance, listening to the Ralph Flanagan Band. After that weekend, they corresponded by mail and on the phone. Four months and 25 days later, on Dec. 29, 1951, she married Jack Norman Harmston at St. Margaret’s Catholic Rectory in Reading, Pa. They spent 48 cherished years together before he died on June 16, 2000.

Jack served in Korea for one year while Teresa worked at Harmston Supply in Roosevelt. She also worked at the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Ft. Duchesne, First Security Bank, and spent 32 years working at the Farmers Home Administration in Roosevelt.  

She was an active and faithful member of the St. Helen Catholic Parish, and was involved in the Altar Society and the Council of Catholic Women for many years. She served as Council of Catholic Women treasurer and held other offices in the organization. She was awarded the Woman of the Year from the CCW’s Eastern Deanery Council at St. Anthony Parish in Helper. She was presented the award by the Most Rev. John C. Wester, ninth Bishop of Salt Lake City.

She loved playing bridge, working with her roses and spending time with her family and cats.

Teresa is survived by her children Leslie Ann (Tim) Jackson, Wash.; Stephen Douglas (Bonnie) Harmston, Ariz.; Jacquelyn Teresa (Derk) Price, Vernal; and Michael Edward (Karmen) Harmston, Roosevelt; grandchildren Jennifer, Taryn, Elliot, Jessica, Ryan, Nicholas, Jacob, Austin, Lucas, Sydney and Connor; great-grandchildren Thomas, Chloe, Paxton, Rykur, Ricci, Maddox and Zuri; a brother, Stephen (Anne) Pratzner, Del.; brother-in-law, Richard Harmston, Salt Lake City; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and husband Jack.

A funeral service was held Jan. 9.

Condolences may be shared at www.hullingermortuary.com.