Lillian “Polly” Price, 97, of Waterloo, formerly of Grundy Center, died at Friendship Village Retirement Center on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 of natural causes. She was born August 30, 1915 on the Sam Mooty farm outside Morrison, Iowa, the daughter of Robert E. and Clara L. Paddock Kaufman.

Polly married Maurice Eugene Foster January 2, 1943 in Ames, Iowa. He died on April 8, 1946. She then married John “LeRoy” Price August 21, 1948 in Grundy Center. He died November 4, 1993.

She graduated from Grundy Center High School in 1933, attended Iowa State University and received a BA in Home Economics from Iowa State Teachers College in 1949. Polly taught country school in rural Grundy counties for six years. In 1955 she worked for the Clarke County Extension Office as a Home Economist. Later she transferred to the Grundy County Extension Office and served several counties. She retired from the Grundy County Ext. Office in 1976.

After moving to Friendship Village in 2003, she became a member of the Scottish Heritage Club.

Polly is survived by her daughter Maurine (Jerry) Huang of Carmichael, California; stepson Don (Helen) Price of Eldora, Iowa; foster daughter Linda (Larry) Coffman of Seaford, Delaware; brother Arthur (Marjorie) Kaufman of Waukesha, Wisconsin; grandchildren: Doug (Denise) Price, Carol (Walter) Spurling, David (Frieda) Price, Evan Price, Lynn (Dustin) Farnum, Mark Huang, and Dorothy Huang; fourteen great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; two nieces and five nephews.