Erma Nell Rice
June 10, 1919 — February 2, 2015
Erma Rice
Erma Nell Rice of Eureka, died on Monday, February 2, 2015, at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 95.
She was born on July 10, 1919, in Greenwood County, the daughter of Ralph B. and Nellie S. (Briggs) Rice. She was raised in Greenwood County and attended rural schools. She did housework as well as work on the family farm. She moved around some but Eureka was always her home.
She was a member of the Baptist Church.
She is survived by three sisters, Fern Cook of Spring Hill, Kansas; Norma Jean Hughes of Wichita; and Hazel Morse of Bryan, TX; and tons of nieces and nephews who loved her very much. She was a always a joy to spend time with. She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Norman, Homer, Dale, and Jack; and two sisters, Evelyn Rice and Marge Hoover.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Koup Family Funeral Home, in Eureka, with Mr. Tim Dryden of the Riverside Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses of Wichita officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.
Erma Nell Rice of Eureka, died on Monday, February 2, 2015, at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka, at the age of 95.
She was born on July 10, 1919, in Greenwood County, the daughter of Ralph B. and Nellie S. (Briggs) Rice. She was raised in Greenwood County and attended rural schools. She did housework as well as work on the family farm. She moved around some but Eureka was always her home.
She was a member of the Baptist Church.
She is survived by three sisters, Fern Cook of Spring Hill, Kansas; Norma Jean Hughes of Wichita; and Hazel Morse of Bryan, TX; and tons of nieces and nephews who loved her very much. She was a always a joy to spend time with. She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Norman, Homer, Dale, and Jack; and two sisters, Evelyn Rice and Marge Hoover.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Koup Family Funeral Home, in Eureka, with Mr. Tim Dryden of the Riverside Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses of Wichita officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.
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