Clyde K. Price, 83,
formerly of Nashville, died Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003, at 12:15 p.m.
at Maple Ridge Care Centre in Lincoln.
A memorial service
will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Hartsburg,
with Pastor David Russell officiating.
Cremation rites have
been accorded. Kerrigan-Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln is in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Price retired in
1970 after federal government employment at the U.S. Naval Ordinance
Laboratory in Silver Spring, Md.
He served in the U.S.
Army from 1936 until 1945 with Company B 44th Tank Battalion and
received numerous decorations.
He was born Aug. 17,
1919, in Luray, Va., to Frank W. and Bertha L. Dobsen Price. He
married Mildred J. Kotur in 1942 in Louisville, Ky.
Mr. Price is survived
by his wife, of Lincoln; one son, Mike (and Vivian) Price of
Lincoln; four granddaughters, Paula (and Craig) Conrady of New
Holland, Kristie (and Chad) Bartman of Danvers, Kelly Price of Ann
Arbor, Mich., and Katie Price of Lincoln; three great-grandchildren;
and one brother, Ray (and Florence) Price of Satsuma, Fla.
He was also preceded
in death by one son, four brothers and one sister.
In Nashville he was
an active member of the Knights of Columbus 4384, American Legion
Post 110 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars post.
His hobbies included
golfing, fishing and woodworking.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of
Illinois, 720 N. Bond St., Springfield, IL 62702; or to the American
Diabetes Association.
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