James Howard Price
James Howard Price, age 63 of Richwood, died Monday, November 17, 2008 at Memorial Hospital of Union County surrounded by his loving family. He was born July 14, 1945 in Marion to Howard Dale Price and Dorothy Jane Thomas Price. He was preceded in death by his father and special aunt and uncle Margaret and Lester Eblin and step-fathers Cecil Garee and Harrison Breece.
A 1963 graduate of Richwood High School, he had attended The Ohio State University, Marion. Early in his life Jim enjoyed showing quarter horses and later he competed in sheep dog trials, raised and trained Border Collies and performed herding demonstrations. He had an outgoing nature and his joys in life were his grandchildren and family. He served in the U. S. Air Force during the Viet Nam War and then worked for P.P.G. for 26 years, retiring in 2003.
On December 10, 1966 he married the former Kathryn Prichard and she survives after 41 years of marriage. Also surviving are his son, Jeff (Amy) Price, Marysville; his daughter, Jamie (Dr. John) Weaver, Lancaster; his mother, Dorothy Breece, Marysville; his sister, Mary (Bill) Huddleston, Richwood; grandchildren, Nicholas and Graham Price, and Jonathan and Rachel Weaver; two sisters-in-law, Betty (Don) Wheeler, Radnor and Jo Ann (Wayne) Bright, Richwood; and many great nieces and nephews and many special cousins.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 11:00 AM in the Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home in Richwood with Pastor James Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in Claibourne Cemetery where military honors will be conducted by the Richwood Area Veterans. Friends may call from 5 to 8 PM on Friday at the Funeral Home.
Memorial gifts may be made to Richwood Toys for Tots in care of the Richwood Bank, or Loving Care Hospice, P. O. Box 613, Marysville, OH 43040.
Condolences and remembrances may be expressed at www.stofcheck-ballingerfuneralhome.com
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