Henry H. "Hank" Price
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| Mayor of West Valley City | |
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In office July 1, 1980 – January 4, 1982 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Gerald K. Maloney |
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December 10, 1915 Layton, Utah |
| Died | March 1, 2002 (aged 86) West Valley City, Utah |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Parr, Hazel Ringwald Merle |
| Children | Trudy Price Bawden |
| Profession | Army commander, Justice of the Peace |
Henry H. "Hank" Price was an American politician who served as the first mayor of West Valley City, Utah and was the driving force behind the city's incorporation.
Henry Herbert Price was born December 10, 1915 in Layton, Utah to Herbert Boyle and Irma Leon Tall Price. He was a "self-described Army brat from Chicago," moving around in his youth and on his own after age 14. He married Mary Parr in Granger, Utah on August 5, 1937. Early in their marriage World War II broke out ; Price was at Pearl Harbor with the Army when the Japanese attacked December 7, 1941. He was sent to serve in the European Theater, where he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and received a Purple Heart for an injury sustained during a run-in with a tank.
After the war, Price served as a deputy post commander at Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City, retiring in 1973. After traveling a while, he returned to his beloved Granger, where he was elected Justice of the Peace in 1974. Price was active in community affairs in the unincorporated part of Salt Lake County known as Granger-Hunter. He served as chair of the Granger-Hunter Community Council, president of the Granger Lions Club, and was an active member of the Eagles, Elks and Moose clubs as well as the Veterans of Foreign Wars and other professional organizations.
The first incorporation vote for the Granger-Hunter area was held Feb. 7, 1978. While many were involved with the push to become a city, "it was abundantly clear that the driving force behind incorporation was Henry Price, the Justice of the Peace in Granger," said newspaper reporter Mike Gorrell. "Price was the true leader. People turned to him for answers, and he had them. Accentuating points with frequent waves of his trademark--an unlit cigar--Price left no doubt he knew what he wanted and intended to get it." The 1978 incorporation vote failed 6,053 to 4,944, but voters had elected Hank Price as mayor to govern the city in the event incorporation passed.
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