Mr. Rice was a former machinist for Detroit Aluminum at Bell Fountain, Ohio, and a resident of Dexter.
Survivors include one son, Jack A. Rice of Galion, Ohio; one brother, Eldred Eugene Rice of Lake View, Ohio; one sister, Betty White of Marysville, Ohio; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Jimmy Rice; and two sisters, Elsie Forsyth and Edith Rice.
Visitation will be held from 9:30-11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.
Funeral services will then be conducted at 11 a.m. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel.
Interment will be held at a later date in the Oakdale Cemetery at Marysville, Ohio.

