Longtime Junction City, Kansas resident Georgianne Prince, 81, passed away November 8, 2013, at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.
Visitation will take place on Friday, November 22nd from 6-8pm and a funeral service on Saturday, November 23rd at 11am. Both activities will occur at Penwell-Gabel Mass Hinitt Chapel, 805 Caroline Ave. Junction City, Kansas. Burial will be at the Kansas Veterans' Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family request that a donation be made to the Hospice Care at Geary County Community Hospital, Georgianne Prince Memorial, P.O. Box 3015, Junction City KS 66441.
Mrs. Prince was born Jan. 11, 1932 in Liberty, Missouri to Jesse Earl and Beulah (Stewart) Dodd.
She graduated from Liberty, Missouri's Garrison High School in 1951. She married Sgt. Ernest L. Prince on February 3, 1959, in Junction City, Kansas. She remained in Junction City through her husband's various deployments & training obligations with the United States Army's First Infantry Division (Mech).
She had lived in Junction City for 50 years when she moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2009 after the passing of her husband, to live with her son, Ron Prince. She subsequently followed her son to Indianapolis, Indiana and Jacksonville, Florida, where she settled at Cypress Village Senior Living Community.
Mrs. Prince was an active member of Church of Our Savior, United Methodist and the Order of the Eastern Star. She was a loyal, loving friend to many and made contributions toward many charitable organizations.
She is survived by her son Ron Prince, offensive coordinator at Rutgers University (NJ); grandchildren, Ronald Dale II "Deuce", James Arthur, Sarah Grace and John Paul Prince of Valhalla, NY; sisters, Alice Gantt, Grace Gantt, Betty Blackwell, Myrna Weston-Smith and brothers, Jesse Earl Dodd, Jr., William Robert Dodd, James Patrick Dodd, John Richard Dodd, all of Missouri.
Mrs. Prince was preceded in death by her husband, SFC (Ret.) Ernest L. Prince; brother, Lloyd Fredrick Dodd; parents, Jesse Earl Sr. and Beulah Dodd; and stepmother, Beatrice Dodd all of Missouri.