Rose Marie Price

Rose Marie “Sissy”

Price passed away peace-

fully on July 3, 2021 in

Kirkland, WA at the age of

89.

She was born in Van

Hook, North Dakota May

13, 1932 to Rose Ella

Genevieve and Fred C.

Ellis.

She graduated from Van

Hook High School in

1950.

She married James

(Bobby) R. Price on Oc-

tober 8, 1951.

Sissy was small in sta-

ture but big in energy.

She was a wife, caregiver,

mother, grandmother, and

great grandmother.

She and her family

moved to Seattle in 1966

and started a career at The

Boeing Company where

she retired after 26 years.

A few of her passions

included writing her auto-

biography and family his-

tory “The Last Leaf”, help-

ing to create the Lutheran

Church Cookbook, and

columnist for the New

Town News. She was a

genealogist for her family

tree with extensive

research, photos and fam-

ily history. She was a

master gardener, with

bedding plants, hanging

baskets, vegetable gardens

and houseplants. She

canned jellies, jams,

vegetables, pickles and

fruits. She was an excel-

lent baker and cook.

Lefse for the holidays,

homemade donuts, and

overnight buns, and pota-

to salad were a few of her

family favorites. She was

a seamstress, quilter, and

enjoyed crocheting. She

was a member of the

Lutheran Ladies Circle

and made many quilts

with the Lutheran

Church. She was baptized

and attended the Lutheran

Church. She and Bobby

had property that they

later retired to in Shelton,

WA. She was an avid

country music fan and

made trips to Branson,

Missouri and Nashville.

Together they traveled in

their RV, camped and ex-

plored.

Together Bobby and

Sissy had five children

who survive them: Terri

Mallow, Paulette (Merle)

Peterson (Twin), Paul

(Kathy) Price (Twin), Lori

Campbell, Brenda (Dave)

Rader-Lahr. Seven

grandchildren: James

(Michelle) Stein, Heidi

(Scott) Paul, Nikki (Chad)

Poppino, Jon (Allison)

Campbell, Corry (Allie)

Campbell, Douglas (Afton)

Rader, Gabriel (Kelsey)

Rader. Ten great

grandchildren: James, Tal-

lon, MaKenna, Shawn,

Austin, Allie, Ashlyn,

Kinley, Lexie and Abigail.

Sister-in-law(s) – Inez

Lee and Helen Ellis and

Brother-in-Law – Donald

Allen. Many nieces,

nephews and friends.

She is preceded in

death by: her husband of

63 years, James (Bobby) R.

Price, her parents, Rose

Ella and Fred, her sisters,

Pearl Vachal (Jim), Phyllis

Huntingford (Bob), Helen

Jean Johnson (Morris), her

brothers, Fritz Ellis, Del-

mar Ellis (Bonnie), El-

wood Ellis, her in-laws,

James and Leta Price,

Casey Lee, Helen Allen

and Donnie (Shirley)

Price.

A Celebration of Life

will be planned for Au-

gust 28, 2021 at Skykom-

ish River Park, 413 Sky

River Parkway, Monroe,

WA from 12:00 – 2:00.

Memorials may be made

to: Hospice Care Center of

Kirkland, 12822 124th Ln

NE, Kirkland, WA 98034.