Posted on: Mason County, IL, Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/MasonObits/10003 Surname: Price, Sloat, Elmore, Blessman ------------------------- N. Ruth Price 92, of Centralia, IL a Mason City native died at 12:45 am Monday Jan. 4, 1999 in Centralia. Her funeral will be 1 pm Friday at Pacey Funeral Home, Centralia the Rev. Larry Morse officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Centralia. Visitation will be two hours before the service. Memorials may be made to the 15th Street Church of Gaod and will be received at the funeral home. Mrs. Price was born on June 4, 1906 at Mason City, a daughter of Louis and Mamie Sloat Blessman. She married Dudley Harold "Shorty" Price on Oct. 18, 1924 in Havana. He died on Jan 12 1970. Survivors include five daughters Dorothy Jolliff, Greenville, IL, Betty Powell, Hickory Hills, IL, Vera Hough, and Lila Hoffman both of Centralia; Margie Arning, Farmington, MO; one sister Anna Elmore, Mason City. 27 grandchildren 45 g grandchildren and 14 gg grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sons Richard Price and Robert Price; and one sister Louis Bridges. Mrs. Price was a homemaker. She resided in Centralia for 56 years coming from Patoka, IL and Mason City. She was a member of the 15th Street Church of God.