David Heber Pratt

David Heber Pratt was born December 1, 1936 in Wenatchee, Washington, the son of Benjamin Marden Pratt and Lily Cecilia Shirk. He was the youngest of seven children.

He married Beverly Stephensen of Provo, Utah on March 22, 1960 in the Manti, Utah Temple. David served as president of the Bogotá Colombia Mission from 1983-1986 and as patriarch of the Provo, Utah Stake for many years. He was a beloved professor of family history at Brigham Young University for three decades where he taught thousands of students the skills to do genealogy and family history work.

Family was the core of David’s life. He was the father of six children, grandfather to thirty-three grandchildren, and great-grandfather of forty-two great-grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Beverly Stephensen Pratt and their six children: Anine Marie Mack, Stephen Marden Pratt and his wife Corie Lynn McGrath, Laura Melissa Elliott, Donald Benjamin Pratt and his wife Vanessa Justice Pratt, Victoria Anne Vahle and her wife Lori Lynn Vahle, and Michelle Lee Stephen and her husband Benjamin Douglas Stephen.

David passed away on February 2, 2025. His last days were filled with service and love.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 8, 2025, at the Slate Canyon 4th Ward Chapel, 715 Utah Ave., Provo, Utah. The family will receive friends at the Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street, Friday, February 7, from 6-8:00 p.m. and at the church Saturday, from 9-9:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment will follow in the Levan Cemetery, Levan, Utah. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.bergmortuary.com.