Robert Price

LIttle Orleans, Maryland
Robert Harrison Price, age 83, of Little Orleans, Md., died Wednesday, August 23, 2011, at NMS Health Care, in Hagerstown, Md.

Born February 29, 1928, in Belle Grove, Md., he was the son of the late William Henry Harrison and Viola Evelyn Barnes Price, and the husband of the late Patricia Nadine McCusker, who died September 10, 1990.

He was a veteran, serving in the U.S. Army, with the 7th Division, 17th Regiment, Company C, during the Korean War, where he was awarded the Korean Service Medal with 4 Bronze Service Stars; the Combat Infantry Badge; the Purple Heart; and the U.N. Service Medal.

He retired, in 1987, from Mack Truck, after 26 years. He previously had been employed in logging; The Maryland Wildlife Administration; Fairchild Industries; and The National Park Service.

He was a member of the Webster B. Harrison Post 26 American Legion, Hancock, Md., and he attended Piney Plains United Methodist Church, Little Orleans, Md.

He is survived by one son, Robert L. "Tad" Price and wife, Connie, of Little Orleans, Md.; four sisters, Gladys Sigel, Helen Stahle, June Schriever and Yvonne McLean, all of Warfordsburg, Pa.; granddaughter, Shauna Price, of Clearville, Pa.; and grandson, Dakota Price, of Little Orleans, Md.

He was preceded in death by one sister, Eileen Carpenter.

A service will be held Friday, August 26, at 11:00 a.m., at the Piney Plains United Methodist Church. The Rev. John Close will officiate. Burial, with a military graveside service by the Tri-State Honor Guard, will be in the St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery, Little Orleans, Md.

The family will receive friends Thursday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., at the Grove Funeral Home, Hancock, Md., and at the Church on Friday from 10 to 11 a.m.

The family requests that memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1850 York Road, Ste. D, Timonium, Md. 21093

Online condolences will be accepted at www.grovefh.com