Rice, Delilah

1916 - 2003  (86 years)

• Name	Rice, Delilah
  Birth	24 Oct 1916	Richland County, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	RICE.D003
  _FGRAVE	7093564
  Death	14 Jan 2003	Manorcare Nursing Home, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois
  Person ID	I50819	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Rice, Matthew Everett,   b. 30 Nov 1870, Illinois d. 7 Mar 1948, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Stallard, Bertha Marie,   b. 23 Feb 1895, Illinois d. 10 May 1943, Mount Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	4 Apr 1914
  Family ID	F18368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bailey, Gleason L.,   b. 1916   d. 1986 (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F18371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Oct 1916 - Richland County, Illinois Death - 14 Jan 2003 - Manorcare Nursing Home, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  ALLERTON - Delilah (Rice) Bailey, 86, of Allerton, died (Jan. 14, 2003) at Manorcare Nursing Home in Urbana. She was born Oct. 24, 1916, in Richland County, the daughter of Mathew and Bertha Mae (Stallard) Rice. She married Gleason L. Bailey April 12, 1941, in Hoopeston. He died July 2, 1986. She is survived by two sons, Robert Bailey of Portland. Ore., and Gary Bailey of Allerton; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and one sister, June Steckler of Mount Carmel. She was preceded by two brothers. Mrs. Bailey was a member of the Allerton Methodist Church, Alliance Chapter of DAR and the Allerton Historical Society and was a 50 year member of OES of Allerton. She worked as a registered nurse for over 50 years and was employed by the Veterans Administration Hospital in Danville for 23 years, retiring in 1984. Fineral services were held at Joines Funeral Home in Newman; Officiating: Rev. Carl Fox; Burial: Payne Cemetery in Brocton; Memorials: Allerton Methodist Church. The Independent News, Georgetown, Illinois, February 5, 2003.