GoFundMe Page Established For Drake Price’s Family
GoFundMe Page Established For Drake Price’s Family
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
GoFundMe Page Established For Drake Price’s FamilyA GoFundMe page was started over the weekend for Drake Price’s family to help cover the 16-year-old’s final expenses.
Started by Kimm Silveus, who said she’s a close friend of the family, it seeks to raise $10,000 and had raised $775 by Sunday. It can be found on gofundme.com under “Drake Price Funeral Assistance.”
Price unexpectedly died Friday at his home in Warsaw.
The gofundme page states, “A brilliant child with an infectious love of life and a smile that easily captivated hearts around the world, Drake fought couragely since his 2017 diagnosis of super mass craniopharyngioma and moyamoya disease. Despite his many surgeries and hospital stays, Drake continued to inspire his community and those who stumbled upon his journey with an easy spirit and joy for each day.
“Drake received significant recognition from several police departments and was made an honorary officer with the Indianapolis, Chicago and Warsaw police forces.”
Price was a 2018 Riley Champion.
On Feb. 2, 2018, Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer proclaimed that day as Drake Price Day.
He had received more than 5,000 police patches from around the world, which were made into quilts, pillows and curtains. On Aug. 29, 2019, at Lincoln Elementary School, where Price had attended, U.S. Sen. Todd Young presented Price, then 13 and a Lakeview Middle School student, with a police patch from the U.S. Capitol Police in Washington, D.C.
Drake, who was a Warsaw Community High School freshman, is the son of Miles “Billy” and Charity Helbert Price.
Visitation is 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Titus Funeral Home, 2000 E. Sheridan St., Warsaw. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Warsaw Community Church, 1855 S. County Farm Road, Warsaw, with doors opening for one hour prior. Memorial gifts also may be directed to the family in care of Titus Funeral Home.
His full obituary appears on page 3A of Monday’s newspaper and on the Times-Union website under obituaries.
