Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rice, Timothy Robert December 14, 1997
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Virginian-Pilot  December 16, 1997
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Timothy Robert Rice, 88, of the 5300 block of Count Turf Road, 
died Dec. 14, 1997, in his residence.

He was born in Salem, Mass., on Jan. 9, 1909. During Lt. Col. Rice's distinguished 
career as an army infantry officer, which spanned 28 years, he served in World War 
II and the Korean conflict. Among his many military awards and declarations are 
the Silver Star, Bronze Star, the Purple Heart with two oak leaf clusters and the 
Combat Infantry Badge with Star. His last duty station was Headquarters U.S. Army 
Military adviser group in Kearny, N.J. He retired June 20, 1957. He was then 
employed by the City of Norfolk and worked in the Domestic and Juvenile Court as a 
probation officer and also as a court statistician, and retired after 19 years of 
service. Lt. Col. Rice was a member of Church of the Ascension Catholic Church of 
Virginia Beach and the Retired Officers Association.

He was preceded in death by his only children, his son, Edward Robert Rice, in 
1984, and his daughter, Winifred Rice Rampey, in 1992.

Survivors include by his wife, Winifred Fox Rice of Virginia Beach; a sister, 
Gertrude Tilton of Norfolk; three grandchildren, Wendy Lynn Rampey Bowers of 
Northern Virginia, William Robert Rampey of Chicago, and Walter Edward Rampey of 
Northern Virginia; a niece, Shirley Dickerson of Norfolk.

A Catholic Funeral Liturgy will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Church of 
the Ascension Catholic Church by Father James E. Parke. The family will be at the 
church to receive friends from 5 to 7:30 p.m. before the Mass. Burial will be 
Friday at 11 a.m. in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery with military honors. H.D. 
Oliver Funeral Apartments, Laskin Road Chapel, is handling arrangements.

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