Father John R. Price, 85, died Sept. 11. He was the former pastor of Mary, Queen of Heaven Parish, Cicero.

Born in Chicago, Father Price attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary before being ordained in 1966.

He served as assistant pastor of St. Celestine, Elmwood Park, and St. Peter, Skokie, before serving as associate pastor of St. Hubert, Hoffman Estates; St. Eulalia (now part of Sacred Heart and St. Eulalia Parish), Maywood; and St. Ann. He served for 12 years as pastor of Mary, Queen of Heaven, and as chaplain at Northeastern Illinois University for six years.

Father Leroy A. Wickowski, retired archdiocesan priest, remembers Father Price as a “good friend, strong in his beliefs and convictions.”