Obit of Rice, Daniel Douglas - Unknown County, Oklahoma

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::Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery--Bakersfield CA

Rice, Daniel Douglas

Graveside services will be held in Greenlawn Memorial Park, 3700 
River Blvd., Tuesday, September 5, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.for Daniel 
Douglas Rice, 92, of Bakersfield, who passed away August 31, 2006 in 
a Bakersfield hospital. Pastor Gene Archer will officiate. Mr. Rice 
was born April 29, 1914 in Saguache, Colorado, to Henry Samuel Rice 
and Elizabeth Douglas Rice. He married Naomi Faye Webb on February 5, 
1938 in Oklahoma. Dan moved his family to Bakersfield in 1946. He was 
the owner and founder of R & S Auto Supply from 1946 to 1961, and 
later owned Filter Sales and Service. He retired in 1996. Dan was 
preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and his siblings, Vinita 
M. Ratcliff, Pearl A. Gorham, Mattie Hite, Winifred L. Klotz, 
Clifford L. Rice, Charles Rice and George Rice; and his daughter, 
Betty Ann Lundy. He is survived by his sons, Bob and Johnny Rice; 
daughter, Karen Sue Drennan; numerous grandchildren, great- 
grandchildren and one great-great- granddaughter. In Dan's younger 
years, he loved deer hunting in Colorado with his friends, and flying 
airplanes. He received his pilot's license in 1936 in Tulsa, OK. 
Later years he was an excellent dancer and loved going to the 
Mavericks on the weekends. He also loved telling stories about his 
childhood adventures of being raised in Oklahoma. Dan was loved by 
all and will be greatly missed. No visitation is scheduled. Daniel 
Douglas Rice Apr. 29, 1914 - Aug. 31, 2006 Greenlawn Mortuary

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 9/3/2006.
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