MONROE - Ruth Irene Price, age 92, died September 21, 2010 at Harbor House where she had lived for the past 2 years. Ruth was born, Ruth Irene Glasier in Denver Colorado to John and Margaret Glasier on April 30, 1918. She paid her college tuition at Denver University by playing the accordion and calling square dances. She traveled during college with the Denver Promenaders and highlights for her were performing in Havana Cuba and the Stork Club in New York City.
She graduated and moved to South Bend Indiana. While working at the YWCA in South Bend, she met and later married William G. Price on May 26, 1943. Ruth and Bill had four children; Kim Price, Boulder Colorado, Kay (Mike Heath) Carter-Heath, Monroe, Tom (Sandra Sutter) Price, Scottsdale, Arizona and Bill (Rebecca) Price, South Bend, In.; grandchildren Sam (Petra) Carter, Adam (Sara) Carter, Mary (Mark) Keever, Dawn (Greg) Stanback , Anna Price, Thomas Price, Caleb and Caitlyn Price and step-grandchildren; Daniel, Kate and Jake Heath and great-grandchildren; Ian Keever, Macie Keever, Hannah Carter, Lila Carter, Alice Carter and Sharon Stanback.
Ruth had an incredible intellect and love of history and genealogy. She worked tirelessly in South Bend for historic preservation and was elected the first President of Southhold Restorations in 1970. She also served nationally as a board member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, from 1974-1982.
Before moving to Monroe Wisconsin in 1998, Ruth researched the genealogies of her family and those of her husband Bill. Her older grandchildren were enlisted as research assistants on more than one trip to Ireland and Germany. She published several family genealogies.
After her husband Bill's death in 1990, Ruth organized family reunions in different locations around the country inviting her children and grandchildren to gather. These reunions became known as Price World Tours and were held for many years.
Once in Monroe, Ruth was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and with the same desire for knowledge that accompanied all her pursuits, she became an active participant in several Alzheimer research studies through the Memory Research Program at the UW in Madison Wisconsin. It was her fervent hope to contribute to cure for this disease.
Ruth was preceded in death by her husband Bill, her parents John and Margaret Glasier, sisters; Ellen Morris, Ethel Watson and brothers John Thomas Glasier and Loyd Glasier. She is survived by a brother Howard (Edith) Glasier in Parker Colorado, sister-in-law Eleanor Morgan Los Angeles, her children, grand and great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews and their children.
A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 25, 2010, at the Shriner-Hager-Gohlke Funeral Home 1455 Mansion Dr., Monroe, WI. A visitation will be held from 2 to time of service at 3, at the funeral home. Officiating will be Rev. William T. Mike Heath. Burial will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin.
She graduated and moved to South Bend Indiana. While working at the YWCA in South Bend, she met and later married William G. Price on May 26, 1943. Ruth and Bill had four children; Kim Price, Boulder Colorado, Kay (Mike Heath) Carter-Heath, Monroe, Tom (Sandra Sutter) Price, Scottsdale, Arizona and Bill (Rebecca) Price, South Bend, In.; grandchildren Sam (Petra) Carter, Adam (Sara) Carter, Mary (Mark) Keever, Dawn (Greg) Stanback , Anna Price, Thomas Price, Caleb and Caitlyn Price and step-grandchildren; Daniel, Kate and Jake Heath and great-grandchildren; Ian Keever, Macie Keever, Hannah Carter, Lila Carter, Alice Carter and Sharon Stanback.
Ruth had an incredible intellect and love of history and genealogy. She worked tirelessly in South Bend for historic preservation and was elected the first President of Southhold Restorations in 1970. She also served nationally as a board member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, from 1974-1982.
Before moving to Monroe Wisconsin in 1998, Ruth researched the genealogies of her family and those of her husband Bill. Her older grandchildren were enlisted as research assistants on more than one trip to Ireland and Germany. She published several family genealogies.
After her husband Bill's death in 1990, Ruth organized family reunions in different locations around the country inviting her children and grandchildren to gather. These reunions became known as Price World Tours and were held for many years.
Once in Monroe, Ruth was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and with the same desire for knowledge that accompanied all her pursuits, she became an active participant in several Alzheimer research studies through the Memory Research Program at the UW in Madison Wisconsin. It was her fervent hope to contribute to cure for this disease.
Ruth was preceded in death by her husband Bill, her parents John and Margaret Glasier, sisters; Ellen Morris, Ethel Watson and brothers John Thomas Glasier and Loyd Glasier. She is survived by a brother Howard (Edith) Glasier in Parker Colorado, sister-in-law Eleanor Morgan Los Angeles, her children, grand and great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews and their children.
A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 25, 2010, at the Shriner-Hager-Gohlke Funeral Home 1455 Mansion Dr., Monroe, WI. A visitation will be held from 2 to time of service at 3, at the funeral home. Officiating will be Rev. William T. Mike Heath. Burial will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's & Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin.