Beverly Darlene (Clarey) Price was born Oct. 17, 1932 in Dunlap, Iowa to Ferne (Berka) and Lyle Clarey. She spent her childhood years in Dunlap and attended all 12 years at the Dunlap School. She was involved in many activities. She graduated in 1950 from Dunlap High School as class valedictorian.
She entered nurses training at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa and became an RN.
In 1953 she married Norman Price at the First Congregational Church in Council Bluffs. They had three children: Robin, Jeffrey and Jennifer.
Shortly after they were married Norm joined the US Air Force and served for 10 years. Bev worked at many different places as an RN.
In 1977 she became the first director of nurses at the then-new Dunlap Care Center and was in that position for 10 years. Following that she did quality assurance for a nursing home corporation and traveled to different facilities in Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota. During the last five years of her career she taught CNA and supervisory classes at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs. She retired in 1994 after 41 years of nursing.
For many years she and her husband enjoyed winter months on South Padre Island, Texas. In 2012 they moved to Oregon, Missouri to be near family, and met many more wonderful, loving friends.
Bev started playing the piano at the Dunlap Congregational Church when she was 13 years old. She then learned to play the pipe organ. Bev played at many different churches and enjoyed glorifying her Lord.
Her favorite pastimes were doing counted cross stitch, for which she received many ribbons at county fairs, and reading.
Her husband Norm died in 2021. They had been married 67 years. Others preceding her in death were her brother-in-law, Dick Kraus, and son-in-law, Terry Fetterman.
Survivors include her children, Robin Fetterman of Anthon, Iowa, Jeffrey (Donna) Price of Virginia, and Jennifer (Darwin) Binder of Forest City, Mo.; sister, Shirley Kraus of Detroit, Michigan; seven grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; two step great grandchildren; and one great granddaughter expected in July.
Memorial services: Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11:00 am, CrossPointe Community Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. Family will greet friends beginning at 10:00 am. Inurnment: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Dunlap, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to the CrossPoint Community Church Missions Fund, or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
