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Clyde Price

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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John Bowles

John E. Bowles, 70, of Mason City died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, at 12:27 p.m. at Mason District Hospital in Havana.

Cremation rites have been accorded.

His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Mason City. The Rev. Bruce Bolin-Ghitalla and the Rev. Martha Scaff will officiate. Visitation will be one hour before the service.

Mr. Bowles most recently worked for IRCC in Canton for 13 years. He taught business education for 14 years in Pearl City and for 12 years at Spoon River College in Havana. He also farmed for 20 years.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.

He was born April 22, 1932, in Milltown, Ind., to John M. and Nolena Rothrock Bowles. He married Ann Schoonover on Dec. 20, 1955, in Fairfield, Calif. She survives.

Also surviving are his mother; two sons, J. Leslie Bowles and Scot R. Bowles, both of Mason City; one daughter, Sally A. Bowles of Peoria; two grandchildren; one brother, Loran Bowles of Milltown, Ind.; and four sisters, Ruth (and Melvin) Williams of Corydon, Ind., Rozella (and Earl) North of Floyds Knobs, Ind., Alice (and Mike) Combs of New Salisbury, Ind., and Dorothy (and Bill) Booth of Milltown, Ind.

He was preceded in death by his father and one sister, Betty Patton.

He was a member of the Easton United Methodist Church, the Mason County Farm Bureau, AFSCME, a charter member of Delta Pi Epsilon and a lifetime member of the National Education Association. He served on the Easton board of education for two terms and was a former member of the Mason County Pork Producers.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Mason City or Easton United Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society.

 

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