Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Rice, Charlie 1922
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Portland Observer, 23 Nov 1922

Charlie Rice Loses Out in Life’s Fight

Death Came AS Great Shock To Friends In Portland And Vicinity

Passed Away Early Tuesday Morning

Was One of Portland’s Most Highly Esteemed Residents – Funeral Friday

“Charlie Rice is dead!”

The above words which greeted Portland business men as they came down town, 
Wednesday morning, soon spread to every part of the town casting a mantle of 
gloom over the entire community.

“Charlie” as he was familiarly known to friends and acquaintances alike, lost 
out in his fight with the Grim Reaper at 2:00 o’clock, Wednesday morning.  
Although he had been ill for some time his condition was not considered serious 
until a few hours before his death.  His illness started during the middle of 
the summer when it was discovered he was suffering from what the doctors at Ann 
Arbor diagnosed as bladder trouble.  Although this caused him considerable 
trouble, he continued giving his business its usual attention making daily 
trips to his office, until a week ago, when his condition became so bad that he 
had to be confined to his home.  No apprehension was felt toward his ultimate 
recovery until Tuesday forenoon, when he was suddenly taken worse, this bad 
spell passing away after a short time.  Tuesday night he was taken with another 
bad spell from which he failed to recover, passing away several hours later.

Charlie C. Rice was the second in a family of three children, the eldest being 
Effie, the wife of Asa Newman who died in 1880, and the youngest, Hiram, who is 
also dead.  He was born and grew to manhood in Portland, receiving his 
education at the public schools, when he went to work on the family homestead.  
On November 27, 1879 he was married to Jennie C. Jenkins.  The couple continued 
to make their home on the farm, Mr. Rice working part of the time in the flour 
mill.  From 1901 to 1903 he served the township as supervisor when he moved 
into the village and was elected to the office of county drain commissioner, 
serving during 1904 and 1905.  In 1906 he entered the retail grocery business 
following that vocation until 1914 when he disposed of the business and entered 
the real estate and insurance business.

“Charlie” was one of Portland’s most highly esteemed and popular men, well 
liked by a host of friends who will never be able to fill the loss made by his 
death.  He was a member of the Portland lodge of Masons, I.O.O.F. and Royal 
Arcanum.

Besides the widow he is survived by an aged mother, Mary E. Rice, and two sons, 
Oscar and Floyd, all of Portland.

Funeral services will be held from the residence, under the auspices of the 
Masonic order, tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at two o’clock.  Interment will take 
place in Portland cemetery.  For one hour, during the services, all business 
places will be closed.


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