BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Anna L. Price entered fully into the presence of her Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, at The Springs in Bozeman.
She was born Aug. 20, 1935, in Brazeau, Missouri, the daughter of Irl and Merle Dempster, Price.
She attended high school in Perryville, Missouri. She attended Southeast Missouri State College in Cape Girardeau and graduated from Montreat College in Montreat, North Carolina. Prior to graduating, she worked at Home Trust Bank in Perryville. She received her Master of Arts in Library Science from George Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee, and worked on the staffs of Montreat College, Southeast Missouri State College and Montana Sta339*.45te University-Bozeman. She worked at MSU-Bozeman from 1971 through March 1998, at which time she officially retired, although she continued to work part-time through June 2000.
She is survived by nieces and their husbands, Roberta and Phillip Kelley of Perryville and Sheila and Dave Pruitt of Cape Girardeau; and sister-in-law, Velda Price of Cape Girardeau. Also surviving are great-nieces and their husbands, Tracie and Tony Bean, and their daughters, Veronica and Cashlyn, and son, Lachlan, of Pullman, Washington, and Angi and Brent Alm, and their son, Carson, and daughter, Emersyn, of Helena, Montana; and a great-nephew and his wife, Jason and Leticia Kelly, and their sons, Kaden and Brayden, of Perryville.
She was preceded in death by her parents; nephew, Ronald L. Price in 2004; and brother, Robert S. Price in 2005.
A memorial service will be held Aug. 29 at Evangelical Free Church of Bozeman, where she was a member. Service time will be announced. Her body has been donated to the WWAMI Program at MSU, with cremation to take place in the future. Her ashes will be buried in a plot near other family members at Brazeau (Missouri) Presbyterian Church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts are requested to Gallatin County Love INC, P.O. Box 7117, Bozeman, MT 59771; or Samaritan's Purse, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607.
Arrangements are in the care of Dokken-Nelson Funeral Service, www.dokkennelson.com.
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