PRICE, Billie - b. February 24, 1923 - d. May 7, 2014

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Billie Price, age 91, a resident of Wichita, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.  He was born on February 24, 1923 in Hutchinson, Kansas, the son of Samuel Eschel and Pearl May (Remington) Price.

During World War II. Billie served in the United States Coast Guard.  After this time in the Coast Guard, he decided to re-enlist and joined the United States Air Force and served as Flight Engineer during the Korean War.  Billie loved his time serving in both branches of the military.  He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Midian Shrine in Wichita.  For many years, he drove the hospital van for the Shrine driving kids to the Shriners Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri to the Shriners Hospital for Children.  He reached the "100,000 Mile Club" for driving children to the hospital.

Billie is survived by two daughters, Tina Jackson of Howard, Kansas and Billie Jean Fleming of Florence; and two grandsons, Broc Jackson of Crown Point, Indiana and Price Jackson of Howard, Kansas.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 9, 2014 at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery in Winfield, Kansas.  Memorials are suggested to the Shriners Hospital for Children and may be left with the funeral home.  Online condolences may be left at www.countrysidefh.com.  Arrangements are under the direction of Countryside Funeral Home, 206 E. Washington, Howard, Kansas 67349.

(taken from the Countryside Funeral Home website)