Willard Chester Price (1947)

PRICE, INMAN, ROBERTSON, RAMSEY

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Date: 12/30/2005 at 15:18:41

Earlham Library Obituaries
Earlham, Iowa
March 1947

Willard C. Price, 32 Died Friday Evening

Willard Chester Price, second son of Roy and Pearl Price was born in Madison County, June 1, 1914, and passed away at the Dexter hospital, March 7, 1947.

All of his boyhood, in fact the greater part of his life, has been spent in and around Earlham.

He secured his education in the schools of Earlham and De Soto.

After leaving school, he was engaged in business with his father for a time, in the grocery and meat market in Earlham, later being employed in Winterset and Mason City.

On February 15, 1936 he was united in marriage with Doris Inman of Earlham, Iowa.

To this union were born five children, Sybil, Karen, Janice, Eugene, and James.

This was a happy home-a home where Willard found his greatest pleasure with his family and how hard to see this home so sadly shattered by the grim reaper thus early in life.

When the war broke out, Willard, like many other young men who were past the draft age, feeling the urge to be of service to his country went west with his family, and took up work in the shipward at Bremerton, Washington.

Since his return from the West, he resumed his job of butchering, and it was while engaged in this work that he met with the accident, which caused his death.

He went immediately to the hospital for treatment, and after a few days, was dismissed as "doing well" but soon after his return home alarming symptoms developed, which necessitated his return to the hospital.

There everything was done which medical service could render, but little hope of recovery was offered from the time that he re-entered the hospital, and around 7 o'clock of the evening of March 7 the spirit of Willard Price took its flight to the Great Beyond.

Willard will be remembered as a congenial, friendly, sunny person, and as his brother phrased it "always cheerful enven in the face of trouble."

"A loved one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled."

He leaves to mourn his departure his wife, children, his father and mother, two sisters. Mrs. John Robertson, of Des Moines and Mrs. Wm. Ramsey of Earlham, two brothers, Robert and Herbert at home and a host of relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon with Rev. S. R. Overholser in charge. Burial was made in the Earlham Cemetery. Pall brarers were, Graham Godby, Howard Wright, Beryl Kenworthy, John Slavens, Russell Hougham, and Willard Rhine. Music was by Isabelle Godby, Mildred Maxwell, Robert Hibbs and Russell Ralston. Pianist was Irene McLennan.