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: Mary Elizabeth (Buthorn) Price; She was born in Grand Junction, Colorado. Her mother was Alice Elizabeth (Bittinger) Buthorn of Iowa. Her father was William Frederick Buthorn, a German immigrant and owner of the prominent La Court Hotel on Main Street in the early and mid-Twentieth century. She had a twin sister named Willa Maude. While in high school she played in the orchestra, sang for school clubs, and was a member of the Spanish Club. They grew up living in the LaCourt Hotel and then in a private residence. She graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1927. The 1930 U.S. Census shows her as a single lodger in the La Court working as a hotel clerk. She completed a course in hotel management in 1935. She married Earl Randolph Price. The 1940 U.S. Census shows her married and working as a bookkeeper. She was a family friend of Walter Walker.

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