Perry Hampton Price

The News-Gazette
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Sunday, April 24, 2005

Perry Price

ONARGA - Perry Hampton Price, 89, of Onarga, died Friday (April 22, 2005) at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Onarga Christian Church, Onarga. The Rev. James Small and Neil Larimore will officiate. Burial will be in Onarga Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Knapp Funeral Home, 115 W. Seminary St., Onarga, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the church.

Mr. Price was born Jan. 25, 1916, in Oblong, a son of John and Effie Hill Price. He married Edna Grider on May 29, 1937, in Watseka. She died Nov. 12, 1996. He married Doris Lindsay Hamilton on April 25, 1998, in Onarga. She survives.

Also surviving are two sons, Richard Price of Danforth and William Price of Onarga; a daughter, Joan Jordan of Rantoul; two stepdaughters, Marjorie Johnson of Onarga and Deborah Schmohe of Buckley; a stepson, David Hamilton of Batavia; nine grandchildren; nine stepgrandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 11 step-great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by eight brothers and six sisters.

Mr. Price graduated from Onarga High School in 1934 and Onarga Military School in 1936. He worked at Caterpillar in Peoria, then moved back to Onarga in 1947 to establish his tree trimming and landscaping business, which is still in the family.

He was a member of Onarga Christian Church. He was on the Onarga village board for many years; he was a Democratic precinct committeeman for many years; and he worked as a night patrolman for the village. He was also a rural mail carrier; he helped raise funds for the village swimming pool; and he played Santa Claus for the village. He served on the Grand Prairie Seminary board of directors for more than 40 years.

He was voted Onarga's Citizen of the Year in 1992.

Memorials may be made to Onarga Christian Church and its building fund or to the Onarga Swimming Pool.

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• He was educated at Onarga High School in 1934 in Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois.

• He was educated at Onarga Military School in 1936 in Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois.

• He worked for nine years at Caterpillar in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, then moved back to Onarga in 1947 and established his own tree trimming and landscaping business. He remained active in that business until 1998. His two sons joined the business, which is now being run by his grandson.

• He was a registered democrat.

• His Social Security Number was 347-10-8809.

• His funeral was held at Onarga Christian Church at 11 a.m. with Rev. James Small and Rev. Neil Larimore officiating and arrangements by Knapp Funeral Home 25 April 2005 in Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois. Pallbearers were Josh Young, Joe Koloski, Steven Warns, Rusty Steffens, Matthew Price, Dean Price and Jeremy Young.

Perry married Edna Mae Grider 29 May 1937 in Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois ¹⁴²³.^,1424 (Edna Mae Grider was born 28 October 1919 in Ludlow, Champaign County, Illinois,^1423,1424 died 12 November 1996 in Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois ^1423,1424 and was buried 15 November 1996 in Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois at Onarga Cemetery ¹⁴²⁴.)

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