William Ernest Price's Obituary
Memorial services for William E. Price of Walnut Creek, will be held at 1:00 PM on Sunday, October 28th in the Diablo Room, Hillside Clubhouse in Rossmoor, Walnut Creek. He died on October 11, in Walnut Creek.He was born September 17, 1912, in Oakland, the first child of Berkeley residents, Ernest H. Price, Jr. and Kathleen Sharwood Price, both native Californians. He lived most of his life in the Bay Area, except for business transfers to Los Angeles (1939-1943) and Kenilworth, Illinois (1957-1977). Upon retiring in 1977, he moved directly from the Chicago area to Rossmoor in Walnut Creek.Price graduated from Berkeley High School in 1929 and from University of California in 1934, where he was a member of Abracadabra fraternity. Immediately after Cal he started a career as a marketing professional, becoming manager of advertising and public relations for Liquid Carbonic Corporation (31 years), Fansteel Mettallurgical Corporation (6years) and Professional Photographers of America (6 years). He volunteered for Navy during WWII, was commissioned a Lieutenant in 1943, saw action in the South Pacific and the Philippines as an Armed Guard commander aboard merchant vessals. He was married to Milo King Price of Berkeley in 1937 until her passing in 1993.He was an accredited member of Public Relations Society of America and belonged to its Oakland/East Bay section. In recent years he has been the Rossmoor representative for California Adventure College. At Rossmoor his memberships included Golden State Club, of which he was a Past Governor; Cal Alumni Club, where he was Vice-President – Membership and official photographer; SIRS; Poetry Club, of which he was a Past President; Founding member, Philatelic Society; founder of Literary Circle at The Waterford; Readers’ Theatre participant at The Waterford; “Profile” columnist for The Waterford monthly; and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, where he has served as lector, senior warden, vestryman, head usher.Surviving are his wife, Frances Rankin of Rossmoor; son, Kent Price of Orland, Main; daughters, Cynthia Price Peters of Martinez and Andrea Choo of Kaneoche, Hawaii; grandchildren, jamieson Price of Long Beach and Wendeline Price of Echo Bay, Ontarion, Canada; four great-grand children.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, P. O. Box 2088, Walnut Creek, CA 94595Chapel of the ChimesOakland 654-0123'Service of Marked Distinction'
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