Rice, Thomas Harold Sr.

1930 - 2008  (77 years)

• Name	Rice, Thomas Harold
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	21 Nov 1930	Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	RICE.T001
  _FGRAVE	29758541
  Military Service	Corporal, United States Army  [1, 2]
  		United States Army
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		United States Army Emblem Prior to the establishment of the "Department of the Army Emblem", there was no official display item to identify the Army. The Seal had traditionally been used to authenticate documents only and was not authorized for public display. In recognizing the need to provide a display item, the Secretary of the Army approved the emblem design as the…
  Death	9 Sep 2008	Kewanee Hospital, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	Cause: Alzheimers Disease
  	Thomas Harold Rice, 77, of Kewanee, Ill., and formerly of Flora, died at 5:59 p.m. Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at Kewanee Hospital in Kewanee. There will be no visitation. Graveside services will at 1 p.m. Saturday at Elmwood Cemetery in Flora with Rev. Bill Renner officiating. Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Flora is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Rice was born November 21, 1930, in Clay County, the son of Lewis H. and Nina J. (Cox) Rice. He married Kaye Taylor on March 17, 1973, and she survives. He had worked in Quality Control for Kex Manufacturing Company in Olney and was a U.S. Army veteran. Mr. Rice is survived by his wife, Kaye Rice, of Olney; son, Ronald E. Rice of High Ridge, Mo.; daughter, Ileen Rice of Largo, Fla.; daughter, Kerri Daniel of Belleville; sister, Nina McCormick of Byron; sister, Kitty Holmes of West Salem; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; sons, Kelly, Dean, Robert, Gregory and Thomas Rice Jr.; brothers, Larry, Jim, Gary, Bobby and Buddy; and sister, Ruth Moseley. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association.
  Burial	13 Sep 2008	Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	There will be no visitation. Graveside services will at 1 p.m. Saturday at Elmwood Cemetery in Flora with Rev. Bill Renner officiating. Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Flora is in charge of arrangements.
  		Headstone, Rice, Thomas Harold
  Person ID	I20381	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Bricker - Shock Conrad Bricker and Lucinda Shock Descendants
  Last Modified	4 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Rice, Lewis H.   d. Bef 1940
  Mother	Cox, Nina L.,   b. 1898, Illinois d. Bef 9 Sep 2008 (Age < 110 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  Family ID	F9158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Rice, Kelly   d. Bef 9 Sep 2008   2. Rice, Dean   d. Bef 9 Sep 2008   3. Rice, Robert   d. Bef 9 Sep 2008   4. Rice, Thomas Harold Jr.   d. Bef 9 Sep 2008   5. Rice, Ronald E.   6. Rice, Illeen > 7. Rice, Kerri   8. Rice, Gregory 'Greg',   b. 3 Jan 1974   d. 28 Dec 1991 (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F9157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 Nov 1930 - Clay County, Illinois Death - Cause: Alzheimers Disease - 9 Sep 2008 - Kewanee Hospital, Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois Burial - 13 Sep 2008 - Elmwood Cemetery, Flora, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Harold Rice, 77, of Kewanee, Ill., and formerly of Flora, died at 5:59 p.m. Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at Kewanee Hospital in Kewanee. There will be no visitation. Graveside services will at 1 p.m. Saturday at Elmwood Cemetery in Flora with Rev. Bill Renner officiating. Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Flora is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Rice was born November 21, 1930, in Clay County, the son of Lewis H. and Nina J. (Cox) Rice. He married Kaye Taylor on March 17, 1973, and she survives. He had worked in Quality Control for Kex Manufacturing Company in Olney and was a U.S. Army veteran. Mr. Rice is survived by his wife, Kaye Rice, of Olney; son, Ronald E. Rice of High Ridge, Mo.; daughter, Ileen Rice of Largo, Fla.; daughter, Kerri Daniel of Belleville; sister, Nina McCormick of Byron; sister, Kitty Holmes of West Salem; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; sons, Kelly, Dean, Robert, Gregory and Thomas Rice Jr.; brothers, Larry, Jim, Gary, Bobby and Buddy; and sister, Ruth Moseley. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5582] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Rice, Thomas Harold, 77, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Rice&GSiman=1&GScid=105559&GRid=29758541&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5583] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Rice, Thomas Harold, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Rice&GSiman=1&GScid=105559&GRid=29758541&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1366] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Everett, John A., 88, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GScid=106030&GRid=67654597&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S6144] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Raley, Frank and Mae, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24145181/frank-raley), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1477] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Stanford Township, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-20), image 07, page 3b, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00480?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2).