Fred Price, 94, formerly of Brookston, died Thursday, Aug. 15, at 2:15 p.m. in Indiana Veterans Home, West Lafayette. He had been a resident there for the last eight years.
He was
born March 29, 1897, to Samuel and Amy Roth Price, in Frankfort. He was
married June
12, 1918,
to Maude Downey, in Cutler. She died in 1973.
He lived in Brookston for 25 years after moving from Frankfort and was raised in the Moran area.
He was a veteran of World War I and a Mexican border skirmish. He was a retired farmer and grain elevator operator.
He formerly attended the Moran United Methodist Church and was a member of Frankfort American Legion Post No. 12.
Survivors include three sons; Max, Danville, Ill., Bill, Brookston and Sam, Monticello; several grandchildren and several great- grandchildren. A son, brother and two sisters are deceased.
The funeral was Monday at 10 a.m. in Hartzler Funeral Home, Brookston, with the Rev Loren Shuman officiating.
Graveside rites were conducted by the Frankfort American Legion at Kilmore Cemetery in Clinton County.