Elliot Joe Rice (1977)

DABNEY, HUBBARD, RICE, VINCENT

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 1/31/2013 at 21:27:00

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, May 11, 1977, page 14

Services For Elliott J. Rice

Funeral services for Elliott J. Rice of Colorado Springs, Colorado, were held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 5th, in Evergreen Shrine of Rest Mausoleum. Entombment will follow in the mausoleum.

Mr. Rice who was 63, died Monday, May 2 in a Colorado Springs hospital. He was born March 28, 1914 in Dawson, New Mexico and had been a Colorado Springs resident since 1949.

Mr. Rice was retired. He had been employed by the US Forest Service, the City of Colorado Springs, and the International Topographical Union. He had lived in Telluride and Iowa before moving to Colorado.

He was married January 10, 1941 in Monticello, Utah to Vera M. Dabney of Madison County, Mr. Rice being a former Winterset resident.

He was a member of the First Christian Church in Colorado Springs, a member of BPO Elks 692 in Telluride. He served in the United States Navy during World War II.

He is survived by his wife, Vera D. Rice of Colorado Springs; a brother William D. Rice of Grand Junction; a niece, Mrs. Louise Hubbard; four nephews, James R. Vincent of Des Moines, Gaylord D. Vincent of Dalton, Illinois, Edward and Elliott Rice of New York City.