He lived a long and wonderful life.

Hugh A Price

Hugh A. Price was born in Chicago on January 5, 1913 to Hugh A. and Lillian Price. He attended Hyde Park High School and went on to get his BS at the University of Illinois. He received his MBA from The University of Chicago. He was a paint chemist for several different companies before joining DeSoto, Inc of DesPlaines, IL, where he spent 25 years of his career designing the paint sold at Sears. Hugh was President of the Color Marketing Group from 1967-69. He was most proud of being part of the team that developed the first paint mixing machine the “Mark IV” that changed how paint was sold.

He married his sweetheart, Mildred I. Williams, the girl with the big eyes, long eyelashes and pretty long curls, on August 29th, 1936. They had five children that they raised in Chicago and then Elmhurst, IL.

Hugh had many interests and hobbies. From fencing, raising award winning roses (he was the only person in the US to win three “Queen of the Show” awards from the American Rose Society), playing cribbage, gin and duplicate bridge, tropical fish, racing Porsche’s, growing orchids, ballroom dancing, fishing the waters from Canada to the Amazon, to his lifelong and favorite interest—golf. He started playing golf as a young child and continued into his late 80’s, when he had to stop due to health problems. He was a member of River Forest Country Club in Elmhurst, IL, and Royal Palm Country Club in Naples, FL. He always hoped that one of his children would take up the game.

Hugh and Mildred retired to Naples FL in 1974 where they could play golf everyday, fish and garden. It was the highlight of his life. Mildred died in 1993, at which time Hugh left Florida and went to live with his children. First Susan in Hinsdale, IL, then Betsy in Hutchinson, MN and when Minnesota winters were too hard for him, to his son Bill’s in Portland, OR.

Hugh died peacefully in Prineville, OR on October 10th at the age of 94.

He is survived by his son Hugh A. in Portland, OR, daughters Susan (Ron) Hensel of Ossian, IN; Julie Bostian of Washington DC; and Betsy Price (Tom Wirt) of Hutchinson, MN. Grandchildren, Michele Barber of Algonquin, IL; Chris (Tracy) Olson of Cumming, GA; Morgan Jindrich of Austin, TX; Josh (Michelle) Jindrich of Gresham, OR; Danielle Bostian of Stewartsville, NY; Damien Bostian of Long Valley, NJ, and many great grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Hugh A. and Lillian; step-mother Lil Price; wife Mildred; son Bill and grandson Michael Olson.

He lived a long and wonderful life.