Maxine Price Amstutz

Katie Maxine Price Amstutz (May 22, 1925 - March 1, 2016) passed away at Christian Care Center's Manzer House in Mesquite, Texas at the age of 90, surrounded by family members Stan and Anne on Tuesday afternoon, March 1st . Maxine was a loving wife to Stanley Amstutz and dedicated mother to her daughters Gloria Amstutz White (Dr. Jackson B. Pickett III), Anne Amstutz Sotack (Major James N. Sotack, Jr.), and Amy Amstutz Claxton (Dr. David F. Claxton); grandmother to Jessica Alice White (Dr. Brian T. Arneson), Travis White (Karen Way White), Benjamin Claxton, Christina Maxine Claxton, and James Claxton; and great-grandmother to Edward Harrison White. She is survived by her beloved husband of 69 years, Stanley Hugh Amstutz, her sisters Wanda Cavitt (Bobby Dan Cavitt) and Patsy Armstrong (A.J. Armstrong), her brother, E.B. Price, Jr. (Billie Lou Price), and sister-in-law Myrna Amstutz Bauman (Steve Bauman). She was predeceased by her sisters Dorothy Price, Kathryn Price Andrews (Edwin Andrews), Roselle Price Shelby (Bill H. Shelby), sisters-in-law Louise Amstutz Thibodeaux Edlen (Dave Edlen) and Ruth Annette Amstutz Stahly (Dan Stahly), and son-in-law James N. Sotack, Jr. Maxine was born in Granbury, Texas on May 22, 1925 to Ernest Blanton Price and Alice Merrill Price, the third of six daughters and one son. After graduation from Granbury High School, she attended the University of Texas at Austin, earning her bachelor's degree in home economics in 1946. She began her career teaching in the Austin Public Schools from 1946-48, continued teaching in the Indiana Public Schools in l948-49, and served in a variety of roles (including dietician, home economic teacher, science teacher, and teacher for homebound students) for the Richardson, TX public schools from 1953-1987. During this time she also earned a Master's of Liberal Arts from Southern Methodist University; in addition, she was a faithful member of the Church of Christ in Granbury, TX, the University Church of Christ in Austin, and in Dallas the congregations at Shamrock Shores, Garland Road, Highland Oaks, and later Christian Care Center. In her retirement, she served as a Hospital Volunteer for Doctors’ Hospital in Garland, TX for over a decade. Maxine was an exemplary role model for her daughters (and all of her many students) in how to manage time, effort, and resources; she worked full-time as a professional educator while also raising her children, and in addition, always made time to prepare home-cooked meals, sew and tailor clothing for the girls, and entertain graciously in her home. Her family remembers fondly and with appreciation her frequent admonitions----also know as "Maxine-isms" by her daughters---which call forth one's best efforts at all times, and which remind us of the importance of not wasting resources of any kind! Maxine was also a world traveler, along with her husband Stanley, from the 1950s until 2014, visiting hundreds of countries on all of the seven continents, and returning frequently to Caribbean locations for family reunions in recent years. Her family wishes to thank the staff and medical team of Manzer House for the compassionate care during her final months.