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Oct 31, 1922 — Apr 3, 2008

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Age 85, Lawton - Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday in the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Al Potts, Pastor, officiating. Mrs. Price died on Thursday, April 3, 2008, in Fort Worth, Texas. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5:30 PM until 7:30 PM Sunday at the funeral Home. She was born in Walters, Oklahoma, on October 31, 1922, to Marion J. and Ella Vera Jones Northcutt. The family moved to Oklahoma City in 1932 where her father was referee of the State Supreme Court. Wally graduated from Classen High School in 1940 and the University of Oklahoma in December 1943 with a degree in English and a minor in French. One month after the attack on Pearl Harbor on January 18, 1942, she married Jack J. Price. He preceded her in death on January 5, 2008. They were married for nearly 66 years. At the time of their marriage, Jack was a private in the 45th Infantry Division. She went with her husband as he completed Officer Candidate School before he was sent to the European Theater for the duration of World War II. Wally joined her sister, Frances Orr Lamb, in San Francisco during that time. After the war, Wally joined Jack at OU as he pursued his education. There their first daughter Jacqueline was born. Jack re-entered the Army and the Prices went to Japan for three years. While there, Wally served as the post librarian. Wally & Jackie returned to Oklahoma City when the Korean War broke out and Jack was sent to Korea. When his tour in Korea was over, Jack returned to Oklahoma where Wally presented him with their second daughter, Karen. The four Prices, being a good military family, moved to Fort Bragg, North Carolina and Fort Hood, Texas. Then in the late 1950s and early 1960s, they lived in Germany where Wally taught kindergarten and they all traveled extensively. They returned to Fort Sill where Wally taught at the Post kindergarten for many years. When Jack retired and became a Civil Service employee, they moved to Lawton, where they became members of Centenary Methodist Church. After a short time at Fort Hood, Texas, they came back to Lawton for good, becoming active members at First United Methodist Church. She is survived by her daughter, Jacqueline Orr Price Gallup and her husband James of Woodbridge, Virginia; daughter Karen Lea Price Wiechman and her husband Dennis of Roanoke, Texas; her grandchildren Dawn Gallup Basham and her husband Michael of Woodbridge, Virginia; Michael S. Gallup and his wife Alicia of Moore, Oklahoma; Rev. Steven L. Wiechman and his wife Jamie of North Richland Hills, Texas; Rebecca Wiechman Livengood and her husband John of Fairbury, Illinois; and 14 great grandchildren: Jessica, Kevin and David Basham; Henry Gallup; Austin, Gabby, Josiah and Ellie Wiechman; Kayla, Kourtney, Kyle, Kory, Jackson and Lakin Livengood; her niece Marian Lamb Hardin of Stillwater; her great nephew John Hardin and his wife Mary and their children Blake and Kate of Plano, Texas; her great niece Anne Hardin Shahi and her husband Jesh, of Seattle, Washington. Wally is preceded in death by her loving husband Jack Price who died on January 5, 2008 and their twin sons who died at birth in 1943; her parents and her sister. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 2602 NW Ferris Avenue, Lawton, OK 73505 or to the Vitas Hospice Charitable Fund, 2501 Parkview Street, Suite 600, Fort Worth, TX 76102.

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