Price was the son of Price Hylton Calfee and Helen L. Tompkins. He was a third-generation funeral director, owning and operating Calfee Funeral Home, a firm his grandfather started in 1900. He graduated from Palm Beach High School in 1935, Beckley College in 1937 and the Cincinnati College of Embalming in 1938. Price married Bobby Marguerite Bair on 17 June, 1939, Pearisburg, Giles Co., VA. Bobby's was born in 1916, and her parents were Robert Tayloer Bair and Mabel Kent. Price served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. His second wife was Eoise Ritenour.
Price was a past president of the Beckley Lions Club, Black Knight Country Club, Beckley Shrine Club and the Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce. He was also past president of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association who honored him last year with the Charles E. Dodd Funeral Director of the Year Award.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Eloise Ritenour Calfee, step-mother, Avis N. Calfee, a brother, Danny Calfee and by an infant grandson, Connor Anthony Calfee.
Third-generation Funeral Director Dies
by Amelia A. Pridemore, Feb. 29, 2008
During more than 70 years of countless families' and friends' darkest hours, Price Calfee Jr. provided comfort. Now, his own family and friends are experiencing loss. Calfee, 89, died Friday at Bowers Hospice House. He was a third-generation funeral director, owning and operating Calfee Funeral Home in Beckley, a firm his grandfather began in 1900. The U.S. Navy veteran of World War II was given the Charles E. Dodd Funeral Director of the Year award by the state Funeral Directors Association last year. Susan Landis, executive director of Beckley Area Foundation, recalled how Calfee set up an endowment in his wife's memory after her death in 1990. Eloise Calfee, his wife of 46 years, was killed in a car accident while they were returning from a beach trip. Calfee sustained a severe leg injury in the accident. Calfee wanted funds from the endowment to be unrestricted. He believed Raleigh County's greates needs would change constantly. "He was very perceptive. Who would know what the greatest needs of the community are next year, 10 years from now or 25 years from now?" Landis said. "That took a leap of faith, for the income to be used to benefit the community in whatever fashion. He really cared deeply for his community." .... In a September 2007 interview with "the Register-Herald," Calfee said he made it a point to never miss a funeral service, coming to work every day for more than 70 years. ...
(Article in the "Register-Herald," Beckley, WV, 1908.)
Price was a past president of the Beckley Lions Club, Black Knight Country Club, Beckley Shrine Club and the Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce. He was also past president of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association who honored him last year with the Charles E. Dodd Funeral Director of the Year Award.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Eloise Ritenour Calfee, step-mother, Avis N. Calfee, a brother, Danny Calfee and by an infant grandson, Connor Anthony Calfee.
Third-generation Funeral Director Dies
by Amelia A. Pridemore, Feb. 29, 2008
During more than 70 years of countless families' and friends' darkest hours, Price Calfee Jr. provided comfort. Now, his own family and friends are experiencing loss. Calfee, 89, died Friday at Bowers Hospice House. He was a third-generation funeral director, owning and operating Calfee Funeral Home in Beckley, a firm his grandfather began in 1900. The U.S. Navy veteran of World War II was given the Charles E. Dodd Funeral Director of the Year award by the state Funeral Directors Association last year. Susan Landis, executive director of Beckley Area Foundation, recalled how Calfee set up an endowment in his wife's memory after her death in 1990. Eloise Calfee, his wife of 46 years, was killed in a car accident while they were returning from a beach trip. Calfee sustained a severe leg injury in the accident. Calfee wanted funds from the endowment to be unrestricted. He believed Raleigh County's greates needs would change constantly. "He was very perceptive. Who would know what the greatest needs of the community are next year, 10 years from now or 25 years from now?" Landis said. "That took a leap of faith, for the income to be used to benefit the community in whatever fashion. He really cared deeply for his community." .... In a September 2007 interview with "the Register-Herald," Calfee said he made it a point to never miss a funeral service, coming to work every day for more than 70 years. ...
(Article in the "Register-Herald," Beckley, WV, 1908.)
Price was the son of Price Hylton Calfee and Helen L. Tompkins. He was a third-generation funeral director, owning and operating Calfee Funeral Home, a firm his grandfather started in 1900. He graduated from Palm Beach High School in 1935, Beckley College in 1937 and the Cincinnati College of Embalming in 1938. Price married Bobby Marguerite Bair on 17 June, 1939, Pearisburg, Giles Co., VA. Bobby's was born in 1916, and her parents were Robert Tayloer Bair and Mabel Kent. Price served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. His second wife was Eoise Ritenour.
Price was a past president of the Beckley Lions Club, Black Knight Country Club, Beckley Shrine Club and the Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce. He was also past president of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association who honored him last year with the Charles E. Dodd Funeral Director of the Year Award.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Eloise Ritenour Calfee, step-mother, Avis N. Calfee, a brother, Danny Calfee and by an infant grandson, Connor Anthony Calfee.
Third-generation Funeral Director Dies
by Amelia A. Pridemore, Feb. 29, 2008
During more than 70 years of countless families' and friends' darkest hours, Price Calfee Jr. provided comfort. Now, his own family and friends are experiencing loss. Calfee, 89, died Friday at Bowers Hospice House. He was a third-generation funeral director, owning and operating Calfee Funeral Home in Beckley, a firm his grandfather began in 1900. The U.S. Navy veteran of World War II was given the Charles E. Dodd Funeral Director of the Year award by the state Funeral Directors Association last year. Susan Landis, executive director of Beckley Area Foundation, recalled how Calfee set up an endowment in his wife's memory after her death in 1990. Eloise Calfee, his wife of 46 years, was killed in a car accident while they were returning from a beach trip. Calfee sustained a severe leg injury in the accident. Calfee wanted funds from the endowment to be unrestricted. He believed Raleigh County's greates needs would change constantly. "He was very perceptive. Who would know what the greatest needs of the community are next year, 10 years from now or 25 years from now?" Landis said. "That took a leap of faith, for the income to be used to benefit the community in whatever fashion. He really cared deeply for his community." .... In a September 2007 interview with "the Register-Herald," Calfee said he made it a point to never miss a funeral service, coming to work every day for more than 70 years. ...
(Article in the "Register-Herald," Beckley, WV, 1908.)
Price was a past president of the Beckley Lions Club, Black Knight Country Club, Beckley Shrine Club and the Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce. He was also past president of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association who honored him last year with the Charles E. Dodd Funeral Director of the Year Award.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Eloise Ritenour Calfee, step-mother, Avis N. Calfee, a brother, Danny Calfee and by an infant grandson, Connor Anthony Calfee.
Third-generation Funeral Director Dies
by Amelia A. Pridemore, Feb. 29, 2008
During more than 70 years of countless families' and friends' darkest hours, Price Calfee Jr. provided comfort. Now, his own family and friends are experiencing loss. Calfee, 89, died Friday at Bowers Hospice House. He was a third-generation funeral director, owning and operating Calfee Funeral Home in Beckley, a firm his grandfather began in 1900. The U.S. Navy veteran of World War II was given the Charles E. Dodd Funeral Director of the Year award by the state Funeral Directors Association last year. Susan Landis, executive director of Beckley Area Foundation, recalled how Calfee set up an endowment in his wife's memory after her death in 1990. Eloise Calfee, his wife of 46 years, was killed in a car accident while they were returning from a beach trip. Calfee sustained a severe leg injury in the accident. Calfee wanted funds from the endowment to be unrestricted. He believed Raleigh County's greates needs would change constantly. "He was very perceptive. Who would know what the greatest needs of the community are next year, 10 years from now or 25 years from now?" Landis said. "That took a leap of faith, for the income to be used to benefit the community in whatever fashion. He really cared deeply for his community." .... In a September 2007 interview with "the Register-Herald," Calfee said he made it a point to never miss a funeral service, coming to work every day for more than 70 years. ...
(Article in the "Register-Herald," Beckley, WV, 1908.)
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