Ellis Ray Price, 90 years old, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away on November 17, 2016, at the Homestead in Rexburg, Idaho, natural causes.
Ray was born in Sugar City on May 7, 1926, to Wilford James and Ivy Josephine Judy Price. He was the 8th of 10 children. He attended school in Sugar City, Idaho.
Shortly after entering High School, World War II broke out with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Six months before graduation Ray was drafted into the Service. He was assigned to the Navy and entered boot camp February 2, 1945. After basic training he was transferred to Seattle, Washington, where he was assigned to the mine sweeper USS Oracle AM103.
After Ray’s service in the Navy he attended and graduated from ISU in Pocatello. While attending school he and his friend decided to attend the Blackfoot State Fair. They met two young women throwing darts at balloons.
Ray fell in love almost instantly and on March 25, 1947, he married Bonnie Aileen Packer in the Idaho Falls Temple. Ray and Bonnie had five children: Marsha, Doyle, Beverly, Wayne and Peggy.
After getting married Ray and Bonnie came back to the farm and Ray continued his education that would last a lifetime. In 1961 he started Price Appliance Service, took classes in Electricity, Psychology, Gardening, Management, Welding and Air Condition classes. He received his Idaho State Electrical Journeymen License and later his Idaho State Electrical Contractors license which he kept until 1999.
In 1965 he started working for Ricks College and had many opportunities. He served in the position of Supervisor of Electrical, Welding, Plumbing and Air Conditioning Departments. After the Flood in 1976, since he already had his contractors license he had the opportunity to wire many homes in the evening after getting off work from working all day at Ricks College. He taught four years at Ricks College, teaching night classes in Electrical and Plumbing. He retired from Ricks College on May 1, 1989.
Ray was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and enjoyed many callings, Elders Quorum President, Stake Seventy’s Quorum Secretary, High Priest Group Leader. He worked in Family History for many years in the stake, he was a Sunday School Teacher which was one of his favorite callings along with serving in the Idaho Falls Temple for 15 years. In January 1995, Ray and Bonnie were called to the Adelaide Australia Mission for 18 months. Ray’s responsibly was working with finances. He loved working with the young Elders and Sisters and enjoyed playing his harmonica for them at different activities.
Ray wrote poetry and would write poems for and about the people that he met and learned to love. He also wrote poems about his family and his life. He wrote a book about Aliens. Ray enjoyed making memories for his grandchildren, great-grandchildren and the Boy Scouts. Over the years they all enjoyed riding in his golf cart, swinging on his swing and making ropes in his back yard.
He loved reading his poems to his grandchildren and his great-grandchildren especially if the poem was about them. He loved giving them advice and singing with them on his Videoke Machine. Ray was a wonderful grandfather who was full of love. He also loved playing his harmonica for them and the kids loved it when he played. He never forgot the tunes he loved. He never forgot gospel principles or how to pray. These things were the most important to him.
Ray is survived by his children: Marsha (Roland) Maharry, of Rexburg, Doyle (Susan) Price, of Rupert, Beverly (Craig) Nelson, of Grants Pass, OR, Wayne (Teresa) Price, of Labelle, and Peggy (Gary) Clements, of Rigby; 24 grandchildren; 79 great-grandchildren; and sisters: Neva Oswald, of Bountiful, UT, and Loretta Johnson, of American Fork, UT.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Bonnie; sisters: Alsie Bodily, Mae Davenport and Golda Hope; his brothers: Kenneth, Austin, Anthon and Milo Price; and a granddaughter, Stephanie Klingler.
Many thanks to The Homestead for their loving kindness towards our father. He loved staying there.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 21, at the Salem LDS Chapel. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. at Flamm Funeral Home in Rexburg and Monday from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. at the church prior to services.
Interment will be in the Sugar City Cemetery.
Ray was born in Sugar City on May 7, 1926, to Wilford James and Ivy Josephine Judy Price. He was the 8th of 10 children. He attended school in Sugar City, Idaho.
Shortly after entering High School, World War II broke out with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Six months before graduation Ray was drafted into the Service. He was assigned to the Navy and entered boot camp February 2, 1945. After basic training he was transferred to Seattle, Washington, where he was assigned to the mine sweeper USS Oracle AM103.
After Ray’s service in the Navy he attended and graduated from ISU in Pocatello. While attending school he and his friend decided to attend the Blackfoot State Fair. They met two young women throwing darts at balloons.
Ray fell in love almost instantly and on March 25, 1947, he married Bonnie Aileen Packer in the Idaho Falls Temple. Ray and Bonnie had five children: Marsha, Doyle, Beverly, Wayne and Peggy.
After getting married Ray and Bonnie came back to the farm and Ray continued his education that would last a lifetime. In 1961 he started Price Appliance Service, took classes in Electricity, Psychology, Gardening, Management, Welding and Air Condition classes. He received his Idaho State Electrical Journeymen License and later his Idaho State Electrical Contractors license which he kept until 1999.
In 1965 he started working for Ricks College and had many opportunities. He served in the position of Supervisor of Electrical, Welding, Plumbing and Air Conditioning Departments. After the Flood in 1976, since he already had his contractors license he had the opportunity to wire many homes in the evening after getting off work from working all day at Ricks College. He taught four years at Ricks College, teaching night classes in Electrical and Plumbing. He retired from Ricks College on May 1, 1989.
Ray was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and enjoyed many callings, Elders Quorum President, Stake Seventy’s Quorum Secretary, High Priest Group Leader. He worked in Family History for many years in the stake, he was a Sunday School Teacher which was one of his favorite callings along with serving in the Idaho Falls Temple for 15 years. In January 1995, Ray and Bonnie were called to the Adelaide Australia Mission for 18 months. Ray’s responsibly was working with finances. He loved working with the young Elders and Sisters and enjoyed playing his harmonica for them at different activities.
Ray wrote poetry and would write poems for and about the people that he met and learned to love. He also wrote poems about his family and his life. He wrote a book about Aliens. Ray enjoyed making memories for his grandchildren, great-grandchildren and the Boy Scouts. Over the years they all enjoyed riding in his golf cart, swinging on his swing and making ropes in his back yard.
He loved reading his poems to his grandchildren and his great-grandchildren especially if the poem was about them. He loved giving them advice and singing with them on his Videoke Machine. Ray was a wonderful grandfather who was full of love. He also loved playing his harmonica for them and the kids loved it when he played. He never forgot the tunes he loved. He never forgot gospel principles or how to pray. These things were the most important to him.
Ray is survived by his children: Marsha (Roland) Maharry, of Rexburg, Doyle (Susan) Price, of Rupert, Beverly (Craig) Nelson, of Grants Pass, OR, Wayne (Teresa) Price, of Labelle, and Peggy (Gary) Clements, of Rigby; 24 grandchildren; 79 great-grandchildren; and sisters: Neva Oswald, of Bountiful, UT, and Loretta Johnson, of American Fork, UT.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Bonnie; sisters: Alsie Bodily, Mae Davenport and Golda Hope; his brothers: Kenneth, Austin, Anthon and Milo Price; and a granddaughter, Stephanie Klingler.
Many thanks to The Homestead for their loving kindness towards our father. He loved staying there.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 21, at the Salem LDS Chapel. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. at Flamm Funeral Home in Rexburg and Monday from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. at the church prior to services.
Interment will be in the Sugar City Cemetery.
Ellis Ray Price, 90 years old, of Rexburg, Idaho, passed away on November 17, 2016, at the Homestead in Rexburg, Idaho, natural causes.
Ray was born in Sugar City on May 7, 1926, to Wilford James and Ivy Josephine Judy Price. He was the 8th of 10 children. He attended school in Sugar City, Idaho.
Shortly after entering High School, World War II broke out with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Six months before graduation Ray was drafted into the Service. He was assigned to the Navy and entered boot camp February 2, 1945. After basic training he was transferred to Seattle, Washington, where he was assigned to the mine sweeper USS Oracle AM103.
After Ray’s service in the Navy he attended and graduated from ISU in Pocatello. While attending school he and his friend decided to attend the Blackfoot State Fair. They met two young women throwing darts at balloons.
Ray fell in love almost instantly and on March 25, 1947, he married Bonnie Aileen Packer in the Idaho Falls Temple. Ray and Bonnie had five children: Marsha, Doyle, Beverly, Wayne and Peggy.
After getting married Ray and Bonnie came back to the farm and Ray continued his education that would last a lifetime. In 1961 he started Price Appliance Service, took classes in Electricity, Psychology, Gardening, Management, Welding and Air Condition classes. He received his Idaho State Electrical Journeymen License and later his Idaho State Electrical Contractors license which he kept until 1999.
In 1965 he started working for Ricks College and had many opportunities. He served in the position of Supervisor of Electrical, Welding, Plumbing and Air Conditioning Departments. After the Flood in 1976, since he already had his contractors license he had the opportunity to wire many homes in the evening after getting off work from working all day at Ricks College. He taught four years at Ricks College, teaching night classes in Electrical and Plumbing. He retired from Ricks College on May 1, 1989.
Ray was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and enjoyed many callings, Elders Quorum President, Stake Seventy’s Quorum Secretary, High Priest Group Leader. He worked in Family History for many years in the stake, he was a Sunday School Teacher which was one of his favorite callings along with serving in the Idaho Falls Temple for 15 years. In January 1995, Ray and Bonnie were called to the Adelaide Australia Mission for 18 months. Ray’s responsibly was working with finances. He loved working with the young Elders and Sisters and enjoyed playing his harmonica for them at different activities.
Ray wrote poetry and would write poems for and about the people that he met and learned to love. He also wrote poems about his family and his life. He wrote a book about Aliens. Ray enjoyed making memories for his grandchildren, great-grandchildren and the Boy Scouts. Over the years they all enjoyed riding in his golf cart, swinging on his swing and making ropes in his back yard.
He loved reading his poems to his grandchildren and his great-grandchildren especially if the poem was about them. He loved giving them advice and singing with them on his Videoke Machine. Ray was a wonderful grandfather who was full of love. He also loved playing his harmonica for them and the kids loved it when he played. He never forgot the tunes he loved. He never forgot gospel principles or how to pray. These things were the most important to him.
Ray is survived by his children: Marsha (Roland) Maharry, of Rexburg, Doyle (Susan) Price, of Rupert, Beverly (Craig) Nelson, of Grants Pass, OR, Wayne (Teresa) Price, of Labelle, and Peggy (Gary) Clements, of Rigby; 24 grandchildren; 79 great-grandchildren; and sisters: Neva Oswald, of Bountiful, UT, and Loretta Johnson, of American Fork, UT.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Bonnie; sisters: Alsie Bodily, Mae Davenport and Golda Hope; his brothers: Kenneth, Austin, Anthon and Milo Price; and a granddaughter, Stephanie Klingler.
Many thanks to The Homestead for their loving kindness towards our father. He loved staying there.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 21, at the Salem LDS Chapel. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. at Flamm Funeral Home in Rexburg and Monday from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. at the church prior to services.
Interment will be in the Sugar City Cemetery.
Ray was born in Sugar City on May 7, 1926, to Wilford James and Ivy Josephine Judy Price. He was the 8th of 10 children. He attended school in Sugar City, Idaho.
Shortly after entering High School, World War II broke out with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Six months before graduation Ray was drafted into the Service. He was assigned to the Navy and entered boot camp February 2, 1945. After basic training he was transferred to Seattle, Washington, where he was assigned to the mine sweeper USS Oracle AM103.
After Ray’s service in the Navy he attended and graduated from ISU in Pocatello. While attending school he and his friend decided to attend the Blackfoot State Fair. They met two young women throwing darts at balloons.
Ray fell in love almost instantly and on March 25, 1947, he married Bonnie Aileen Packer in the Idaho Falls Temple. Ray and Bonnie had five children: Marsha, Doyle, Beverly, Wayne and Peggy.
After getting married Ray and Bonnie came back to the farm and Ray continued his education that would last a lifetime. In 1961 he started Price Appliance Service, took classes in Electricity, Psychology, Gardening, Management, Welding and Air Condition classes. He received his Idaho State Electrical Journeymen License and later his Idaho State Electrical Contractors license which he kept until 1999.
In 1965 he started working for Ricks College and had many opportunities. He served in the position of Supervisor of Electrical, Welding, Plumbing and Air Conditioning Departments. After the Flood in 1976, since he already had his contractors license he had the opportunity to wire many homes in the evening after getting off work from working all day at Ricks College. He taught four years at Ricks College, teaching night classes in Electrical and Plumbing. He retired from Ricks College on May 1, 1989.
Ray was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and enjoyed many callings, Elders Quorum President, Stake Seventy’s Quorum Secretary, High Priest Group Leader. He worked in Family History for many years in the stake, he was a Sunday School Teacher which was one of his favorite callings along with serving in the Idaho Falls Temple for 15 years. In January 1995, Ray and Bonnie were called to the Adelaide Australia Mission for 18 months. Ray’s responsibly was working with finances. He loved working with the young Elders and Sisters and enjoyed playing his harmonica for them at different activities.
Ray wrote poetry and would write poems for and about the people that he met and learned to love. He also wrote poems about his family and his life. He wrote a book about Aliens. Ray enjoyed making memories for his grandchildren, great-grandchildren and the Boy Scouts. Over the years they all enjoyed riding in his golf cart, swinging on his swing and making ropes in his back yard.
He loved reading his poems to his grandchildren and his great-grandchildren especially if the poem was about them. He loved giving them advice and singing with them on his Videoke Machine. Ray was a wonderful grandfather who was full of love. He also loved playing his harmonica for them and the kids loved it when he played. He never forgot the tunes he loved. He never forgot gospel principles or how to pray. These things were the most important to him.
Ray is survived by his children: Marsha (Roland) Maharry, of Rexburg, Doyle (Susan) Price, of Rupert, Beverly (Craig) Nelson, of Grants Pass, OR, Wayne (Teresa) Price, of Labelle, and Peggy (Gary) Clements, of Rigby; 24 grandchildren; 79 great-grandchildren; and sisters: Neva Oswald, of Bountiful, UT, and Loretta Johnson, of American Fork, UT.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Bonnie; sisters: Alsie Bodily, Mae Davenport and Golda Hope; his brothers: Kenneth, Austin, Anthon and Milo Price; and a granddaughter, Stephanie Klingler.
Many thanks to The Homestead for their loving kindness towards our father. He loved staying there.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 21, at the Salem LDS Chapel. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. at Flamm Funeral Home in Rexburg and Monday from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. at the church prior to services.
Interment will be in the Sugar City Cemetery.
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