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Darlene Price Obituary

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Darlene Price
May 28, 1940 - April 12, 2018
Darlene Price of Colorado Springs, died peacefully on April 12, 2018 at home with her husband at her bedside. She was 77 years old. She was born May 28, 1940 in Chadron, Nebraska to the late Raimon Cook and the late Carol Baller Cook. She was the beloved wife of, retired Army LTC, Gerald M. Price for almost 60 years. She grew up in Salida and Longmont, CO, but traveled the world while Gerald served his country. She worked as a homemaker, Retail Worker and Civil Servant.
Her greatest joys were her 4 children, Deborah "Debby" Balcer (Mark), Jerry, Jr. Price (Judy), Michelle "Mickey" Fluegge (Charlie Willetts) and James Price (Tereasa Apicello); and her 13 grandchildren, Tori Conklin (Ron), Catherine Agnew (Preston), Mandy Gillette (Chris), Brandy Palmer, Sara Price (Greg McGinn), Daniel Price, Ashley Washkowiak (Major Ben), Sean Fluegge (Stasia), Ryan Fluegge, Cameron Price (Rachel Adams) and Preston Price, and Amber and Ryan Browning; and her 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her sisters, Patricia McKean and Carolyn McGrew; and is survived by her sisters, Roberta Merrill and Dawn Collins and her brothers, Raimon Cook, Jr., Timothy Cook and Mark Cook; and many cousins.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society (Small-cell Lung Cancer) or the American Heart Association.
A celebration of her life will be held at a later date.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Gazette on Apr. 18, 2018.

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Jan Boespflug

April 7, 2019

You are missed by so very many of us DDee. You were very special and loved dearly.

Jan Boespflug

April 24, 2018

DDee was such a great cousin, loved family, made them a priority and brought light to our family. She helped me with so many genealogy questions and was always there for me. She will be greatly missed.

American Heart Association

April 18, 2018

May your memories of the wonderful times you shared with your loved one comfort you and your family, today and always.

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