Obituary: Dorothy Daynes Price

Dorothy Daynes Price 1920 ~ 2005 Dorothy Daynes Price died peacefully in Phoenix on Saturday July 23, 2005, after a long illness. She was a loving wife, a gracious hostess, an astute confidante, and a beloved mother of five, grandmother of 23, and great-grandmother of ten. She was born August 17, 1920, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Winnifred Blanche Woodruff and Joseph John Daynes, Jr. and was the last surviving grandchild of President Wilford Woodruff and of Joseph John Daynes, Tabernacle organist. After graduating from East High School in Denver, Colorado, she attended Brigham Young University. On June 7, 1941, she married Robert Alexander Price in the Salt Lake temple. She supported her husband's USC medical school career working as a secretary at Douglas Aircraft. Later, she was an active participant in local and national medical auxiliaries and was a gracious hostess to his countless medical affiliates. Dorothy was equally at ease entertaining teenagers perched on the kitchen countertops as she was with church and medical dignitaries seated in her living room. She provided a perpetually-full cookie jar, hated the children's grapefruit wars, and loved catsup on Mexican food. She preferred the beach to Arizona summers, family dinners to take-out, and crystal and silver to paper and plastic. She was an affable friend, a dedicated worker, and a selfless steward of her home, her husband, her children and grandchildren. Her caring nature, her love for and interest in others drew many to her. She served within the LDS church teaching the relief society and working with young women. Her creativity and teaching talent benefited the youth as she wrote and directed numerous road shows. She also transcribed for her husband as Stake Patriarch. Dorothy is survived by her husband of 64 years, Robert Alexander Price, M.D., and her children Robert John Price, D.D.S. (Darlene) and Virginia Claire Baird (Ernest) of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Richard Woodruff Price (Nancy), Jeffrey Daynes Price (JoAnne), and Julie Anne Smart (Steven) all of Sandy, Utah. She was preceded in death by her parents and eight siblings. Funeral services will be held Saturday in Phoenix. Internment and graveside services will take place Monday, August 1st, at 3 p.m. at the Salt Lake City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Banner Good Samaritan Foundation, 1111 East McDowell Rd., Phoenix.