Son of John Stice and Rosa Bell Templin

Marriage
To Bessie Hodapp Reuss
On August 2, 1930 at Alton, Madison, Illinois

Joseph Stice, 68, who moved from Alton area to Wilmington, California, a year ago, died unexpectedly Sunday, June 9, 1867 at 4 p.m. of a heart attack, according to word received by a sister, Mrs. Charles Hagan, and a brother, Harry Stice, Alton, Illinois.
Mr. Stice was employed at Owens-Illinois from 1901 to 1912, at the then Western Cartridge Co., from 1912 - 1925, and from 1925 until his retirement in 1954, at Laclede.
In addition to his Alton relatives, he was survived by his widow, Mrs. Bessie Stice, and three sisters, Mrs. Nora Campbell, Sentinel, Oklahoma; Mrs. Dora Smith, Fidelity, and Mrs. Bertha Kiner, Clinton, Arkansas.
He was born at Winchester, Illinois. He had achieved an unusual record in his years in heavy industry in the Alton area of never having had a disabling accident in his entire 53 years. (Alton Evening Telegraph, Alton, Illinois, Monday, June 10, 1957, page 9)

California Death Certificate
Name: Joseph Stice
Age: 68 years
Birth: 24 April 1889 at Illinois
Death Date: 9 June 1957
Death Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; Seaside Memorial Hospital, 1401 Chestnut Ave.
Usual Residence: 1413 Wilmington, Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California
Occupation: Foreman Steel Mill
Marital Status: Married
Spouse & Informant: Bessie Stice
Burial: 12 June 1957 Green Hills Memorial Park
Funeral Director: Wilmington Funeral Home
Death Certificate File Number: 9545

World War II Draft Registration Card, 1942
Name: Joseph Samule Stice
Age: 53
Birth: 24 Apr 1889 Scott County, Illinois
Residence: RR#2, Godfrey Township, Madison, Illinois
Nearest Relative: Bessie Stice, Godfrey, Illinois
Employer: Laclede Steel, Alton, Madison, Illinois
Signature: "Joseph Samule Stice"
Military Draft Date 1942

United Methodist Church Records, Illinois
Official Church Record, Historical Record of Permanent Data, Book 1 (page 269)
Book's Opening Page dated, March 1, 1920
First Methodist Episcopal Church, Alton, Illinois
Record of Marriages (page 269)
Name of Parties: Joe Stice and Bessie Reuss
Residence: Alton, Illinois
Date of Marriage: August 2, 1930
Marriage Place: Alton, Illinois
Officiating Minister: P. R. Glotfelty

Wife
Daughter of Simon Hodapp (78688541) and Louisa Sanger (78688672)

Marriages
1. To Herman Reuss
On 10 Apr 1916 at Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri
2. To Joseph Samule Stice
On August 2, 1930 at Alton, Madison, Illinois
3. To Arthur T. Ammon

Bessie is laid to rest beside her husband, Joseph Samule Stice.

Bessie Ammon
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie J. Ammon, 73, of 8136 Walnut Drive, were conducted in the chapel of Roy D. Klinker Mortuary with the Rev. Neal S. Jensen officiating. Interment took place in Green Hills Memorial Park. A native of Missouri, she had resided in the Southeast for 20 years. Surviving are her husband, Arthur T. Ammon; a son, Frederick Reuss of Downey; a daughter, Eunice Rodriquez of Huntington Park; five grandchildren, two great-grandsons; and three brothers, Carl, John, and William Hodapp of Missouri. She was a member of the Roosevelt Park Senior Citizens club. (Southside Journal, Los Angeles, California , Thursday, June 04, 1970, page 5)

California Death Index
Name: Bessie J Ammon
Gender: Female
Birth: 17 Feb 1897 Missouri
Death: 23 May 1970 Los Angeles Co.

Social Security Applications and Claims Index
Name Bessie Jane Stice
Birth: 17 Feb 1896 Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Father: Simon Hodapp
Mother: Louisa Sanger

Stepson
Frederick Everett Reuss

Arkansas Birth Certificate
Name Frederick Everet Reuss
Gender: Male
Birth: 29 Nov 1921 Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas
Father: Herman Reuss
Mother: Bess Hodapp
Certificate Number 657

Social Security Death Index
Name: Frederick Everett Reuss
Birth Date: 29 Nov 1921
Death Date: 29 Nov 2009
SSN Issued: Washington (1951)
Last Residence: Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada