Thomas H. Price 1911-1988

PRICE, BELLES, PARCHEN

Posted By: Mike Kearney (email)
Date: 12/9/2007 at 17:18:02

The Clinton Herald Tuesday December 27, 1988 p. 12 The funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in Clinton Chapel, Snell-Zornig Funeral Home for Thomas H. Price, 77, of 145 Fayette St., who died Sunday in University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City. The Rev. Richard Hohl of First United Methodist Church will officiate. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 p.m. today in Clinton Chapel, Snell-Zornig Funeral Home, where an 8 p.m. Masonic Rose Croix service will be conducted by Sam McKenrich. Burial will be in Clinton Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be William Price, Harry and Charles Schawl, Dale Walwer, Joseph Shadle and Marvin Olson. Mr. Price was born Jan. 25, 1911, in Clinton, to Henry and Margaret Belles Price. He married Margaret Parchen, Sept. 3, 1932, in Clinton. He attended the Clinton schools and was employed as a boilermaker and a scheduleer planner at Clinton Corn Processing for 44 years, retiring in 1974. Mr. Price was veteran of World War II serving in the United States Army, where he was a tech sergeant serving in the Pacific Theater in the Philippines. He was awarded a Silver Star for gallantry. He was a member of Western Star Lodge, No. 100 A.F.&A.M.; Scottish Rite Bodies; Izaak Walton League; VFW Post Tallman-Lewis, No. 9664; Moose Lodge No. 363; and First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by six brothers and three sisters.