Rex E. Price, 84, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 10:42 am, Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at Parkview Wabash Hospital. He was born July 6, 1931 in Laketon, Indiana to James Esta and Golda (Rutledge) Price.
Rex was a 1949 graduate of Laketon High School, received his B.S. degree from Manchester College in 1958, and received his Masters degree from Ball State in 1963. He married Susan Hodel in Armstrong, Illinois in June 23, 1956. He was a US Army Veteran serving in Korea during the war. He retired in 1990 from Northfield High School where he taught government and economics for 32 years. Rex was a member of St. Matthews United Church of Christ, past president, secretary, and treasurer of the Wabash Lions Club, member of the Wabash American Legion Post 15, the Indiana State Teachers Association, the National Education Association, the Metropolitan Teachers Association and a former member of the Wabash Heart Association Board of Directors. Rex was a longtime coach of the Wabash Little League Blackhawks, and also coached the Northfield Junior High Basketball Team.
He is survived by his wife, Susan Price of Wabash, four children, Steven F. (Elizabeth) Price of Callaway, Florida, Phillip E. (Marianne) Price of Wabash, Carol Mendenhall of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Cathy (Steven) Kirtlan of Wabash, two brothers, Edward (Georgia) Price of Wabash, and Lonnie (Phyllis) Price of Hobart, Indiana, eleven grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, son-in-law Brent Mendenhall, grandson Ryan Andrew Kirtlan, four brothers, and five sisters.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am Monday, February 22, 2016 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Chad Kirtlan officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 2-6 pm Sunday, at the funeral home.
The preferred memorial is the Wabash Little League Program.
The memorial guest book for Rex may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.