Stanley D. Price

Stanley D. Price

Stanley D. Price, age 80, a long time Norfolk businessman, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at his home. He had been battling various illnesses for several years.

Visitation was held from 4-7 p.m. with a 7 p.m. rosary on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Norfolk.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Norfolk.

Burial was held at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in rural Clearwater.

Home for Funerals in Norfolk was in charge of arrangements.

Stanley D. Price was born on April 9, 1931, at Amelia, the son of Ernest and Mary (Nachtman) Price. He graduated from St. Mary’s High School in O’Neill in 1949.

Stan entered the Army in 1952, serving in the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in March of 1954.

On April 3, 1956, he married Catherine Alberta Schueth at St. John’s Catholic Church in rural Clearwater. To this union eight children were born: Terry, Tim, Tom, Vicky, Connie, Peggy, Bob and Barb.

In 1972, Stan and Alberta purchased the Norfolk Nursery, which they owned and operated for 31 years. They sold the nursery in 2003 and retired. Stanley enjoyed selling and planting trees, but mostly enjoyed visiting with customers and telling jokes to everyone he met.

He was a member of Sacred Heart Parish and the VFW. He enjoyed singing in the church choir and with the Just for Fun group for several years.

Stanley is survived by his wife of 55 years, Alberta of Norfolk; his children: Terry (Pat) Price and Tim (Diane) Price of Norfolk, Tom (Nancy) Price of Hickman, Connie (Michael) Bart of Woddbury, MN, Peggy (Paul) Longmore of Kearney, Bob (Lori) Price of Omaha, Barb (Dave) Olson of Albion; grandchildren: Amy (Jon) Siegert, Angela Price, Matt, Kelli and Kayla Price, Eric, Craig, Kristina and Keith Price, Elizabeth, Christopher, Catherine and Victoria Bart, Leah and Dan Longmore, Maris and Ian Price, Stephanie and Jacob Olson, Andrea and John Hansen, and Landon and Patty Hecker; great-grandchildren, Katie and Brody Hansen of Omaha, and Knox Newlin of Plano, Texas; and one brother, Joe (Evelyn) Price of Custer, SD.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Vicky Price; his parents; grandparents; and seven brothers.

Memorials may be made to Norfolk Catholic School Foundation or to Sacred Heart Parish.