Mrs. Paul Rice Funeral March 11:
Funeral services for Mrs. Paul Rice, Delphos, was Sunday, March 11, at 2 p.m. in the Bethel Church. Interment was in the Bethel Cemetery.
Bernice Lauretta Rice, daughter of Arthur D. and Josephine Wisbey Bellows, died March 8, 1979, at the Ottawa County Hospital, Minneapolis, at the age of 72 years, 7 months and 8 days, after a long illness.
Bernice was born on a farm six miles northeast of Delphos Sept. 1, 1906. She graduated from Concordia High School Nov. 9, 1927.
She was united in marriage to Paul W. Rice in Concordia. They made their home on the Rice family farm northeast of Delphos.
Mrs. Rice was a member of the Kansas Wheathearts and the neighborhood Jolly Circle Club and was instrumental in the reconstruction of Bethel Church, near Delphos.
She was preceded in death by her parents and daughter, Phyllis Arlene Rice.
Surviving are her husband, Paul; one sister, Florence Colton; a son, Rex; five grandsons, Steven E., Kansas City, Bruce A., Salina, David C., Glasco, Brian L. and Curtis P., both of Delphos; three great-grandchildren, Carrie, Justin and Christen; and a host of friends
and relatives.
Mrs. Paul Rice Funeral March 11:
Funeral services for Mrs. Paul Rice, Delphos, was Sunday, March 11, at 2 p.m. in the Bethel Church. Interment was in the Bethel Cemetery.
Bernice Lauretta Rice, daughter of Arthur D. and Josephine Wisbey Bellows, died March 8, 1979, at the Ottawa County Hospital, Minneapolis, at the age of 72 years, 7 months and 8 days, after a long illness.
Bernice was born on a farm six miles northeast of Delphos Sept. 1, 1906. She graduated from Concordia High School Nov. 9, 1927.
She was united in marriage to Paul W. Rice in Concordia. They made their home on the Rice family farm northeast of Delphos.
Mrs. Rice was a member of the Kansas Wheathearts and the neighborhood Jolly Circle Club and was instrumental in the reconstruction of Bethel Church, near Delphos.
She was preceded in death by her parents and daughter, Phyllis Arlene Rice.
Surviving are her husband, Paul; one sister, Florence Colton; a son, Rex; five grandsons, Steven E., Kansas City, Bruce A., Salina, David C., Glasco, Brian L. and Curtis P., both of Delphos; three great-grandchildren, Carrie, Justin and Christen; and a host of friends
and relatives.
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