Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rice, Oscar S. March 30, 1946
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Portland Observer - Thurs. April 4, 1946


Oscar S. Rice Dies Suddenly at Home Here

Oscar S. Rice, 59, a lifelong resident of this village, died suddenly at his 
home on James Street early Saturday morning from a heart attack. He had been in 
his usual health the day previous. At about 4:30 a.m. he complained of a severe 
pain in his chest and Mrs. Rice summoned Dr. Fox. Later he seemed somewhat 
improved, but suddenly expired.

Mr. Rice was born in Portland, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Rice. He 
attended school here and later was associated with his father in a grocery 
business on Kent Street. Later Mr. and Mrs. Rice operated the Temple Theatre, 
which was located in the building now occupied by Smith Hardware Co., and Mr. 
Rice also continued his father’s insurance and real estate business. They later 
moved the theatre to the present location and renames it the Sylvan. The 
present owners, Mr. and Mrs. John Kortes, bought the business and changed the 
name to the Sun.

For the past nine years Mr. Rice had been an auditor for the Michigan State 
Accident Fund, having worked most of the time in the eastern part of the state.

Mr. Rice was married on September 30, 1907, to Miss Sara McCormick, who 
survives, as does the mother, Mrs. Jennie Rice, and one brother, Floyd C. Rice 
Sr., of Portland. There are also five nephews, Floyd Rice, Jr., Portland; 
Gerald Fineis, on Luzon with the Army, and Erwin Fineis, of Ionia; Dean 
McCormick, Painesville, Ohip; Allen McCormick, Dayton, Ohio; one niece, Mrs. 
Lucille Ridenour, of Portland.

Funeral services were held Monday at Portland Congregational Church, Rev. W.H. 
Skentlebury, of Chelsea, a former Portland minister, officiated. Burial was in 
Portland Cemetery. Portland Masonic Lodge, of which Mr. Rice was a member, had 
charge of services at the grave. 

Pallbearers were Roy W. Dawdy, Laben Smith, Dr. B.E. Lowry, Oliver Tschopp, of 
Portland, and George I. Francis and Charles Lockwood, of Jackson.

Honorary bearers were John Kortes, Leo C. Lehman, Harold W. Buck, of Portland, 
and Joseph Bappert, William Bishop and Roes Miller, of Lansing.

The church was filled with friends and relatives at time of the funeral 
service, and the many beautiful floral pieces showed the high esteem in which 
Mr. Rice was held by all who knew him.

Among those who came from out of town to attend the funeral were Mrs. Hulda 
Fineis, Mrs. Dorothy Fineis, Lowell; Mr. and Mrs. E.P. Fineis, Ionia; Mr. and 
Mrs. A. J. McCormick, Canton, Ohio; Allen McCormick, Dayton, Ohio; Dean 
McCormick, Painesville, Ohio; Mrs. Anna Dixon, Lansing; Mr. and Mrs. Otto 
Posorek, Detroit; and friends from Lowell, Ionia, Charlotte, Lansing, Jackson 
and Detroit.





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