Obit of Price Jr, Gloucester Allen, M.D. - Cleveland County, Oklahoma

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::Havenbrook Funeral Home--Norman OK

Norman Transcript December 31, 2006 12:15 am

Gloucester Allen Price Jr., M.D.

Gloucester Allen Price Jr., M.D., 79, died peacefully Thursday, Dec. 
21, in his home surrounded by family members. Dr. Price was born Oct. 
12, 1927, in Natchez, Miss., to Lucile Walker Price and Gloucester 
Allen Price Sr., D.D.S. He grew up in Jackson, Miss.

Dr. Price graduated from Oberlin College, 1946, in Ohio and from 
Meharry Medical College, 1951, in Nashville, Tenn., where he met and 
married Hannah Littlejohn. He served as a physician and Captain in 
the United States Air Force, 1952-1954. Following internship and 
residency, Dr. Price practiced internal medicine in Waukegan, Ill., 
for 35 years, 1963-1998, in private practice and also as active staff 
at both St. Therese Medical Center and Victory Memorial Hospital. His 
professional activities included being the chair for Chicago HMO 
Quality Assurance in 1990; president of the Medical Staff, 1993, and 
Medical Executive Committee chair, 1994 at St. Therese Medical 
Center; Lake County Board of Health member, 1999-2003; and preceptor 
in Clinical Medicine at the Finch University of Health Sciences/The 
Chicago Medical School in North Chicago, now the Rosalind Franklin 
University of Medicine and Science.

Dr. Price is survived by wife Bernadette "Bunny" Coughlin Price. The 
couple moved to Norman in February 2004. After receiving his Oklahoma 
medical license, Dr. Price volunteered at Health for Friends in 
Norman for 18 months, then worked as a staff physician at the Norman 
Veterans Center from October 2005 to August 2006.

Dr. Price especially enjoyed golfing and also served as a mentor with 
the First Tee Youth Development Sports Initiative Program in North 
Chicago. A lifelong learner and voracious reader, Dr. Price took 
computer and Spanish classes at Lake County Community College in 
Waukegan, and also took Spanish in Norman. He taught English as a 
second language in Waukegan and Norman.

However, Dr. Price's most fulfilling and enjoyable activities 
included spending time with family, extended family and friends. Dr. 
Price enjoyed supporting, attending, and participating in his 
children's, grandchildren's and extended family members' academic, 
musical, artistic, extracurricular and athletic activities. One of 
Dr. Price's greatest gifts to his family was his willingness to share 
his vast experiences, wisdom and family history. Perhaps his greatest 
legacy is the values he instilled in his children with regard to work 
ethic, honesty, and integrity, as well as the importance of 
education, caring for others, and "making a contribution."

Dr. Price was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, 
Hannah Littlejohn Price. In addition to his wife, Bernadette Coughlin 
"Bunny" Price of Norman, he is survived by daughters Frances L. Price 
and her husband Paul G. Street of Laramie, Wyo., Gwendolyn Ann Price 
of Orlando, Fla., Julie Carol Price and her husband George Fuller of 
Pittsburgh, and Patricia Lucile Price of Chicago; sons Gloucester 
Allen Price III, of Madison, Wis., and Harry L. Price and his wife 
Joyce of Deland, Fla.; grandchildren Jacquelyn L. Bridgeman and 
husband Steven Birdsley of Laramie, Wyo., Allen S. Bridgeman of 
Laramie, Hannah JoAnn Price of Orlando, and Danielle S. Price of 
Deland; nephew Isadore Singleton Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla.; godson 
Todd Howard of Bolingbrook, Ill.; several cousins, friends, and their 
families. A celebration of Dr. Price's life will be held spring 2007 
in Lake County, Ill. Local Arrangements are by Havenbrook Funeral 
Home in Norman. Memorial contributions may be made to Health for 
Friends, 317 E. Himes St., Norman, OK 73069 (329-4161).

Send condolences online at

http://www.havenbrookfuneralhome.com/Obituaries.html.
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