Walter L Rice, Jr.

1925 - 1994  (68 years)

• Name	Walter L Rice
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	3 Nov 1925	Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Aug 1994	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Maple Hill Cemetery, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6016	Rossville
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Walter L Rice, Sr.
  Mother	Lula Zoah Martin Rice
  Family ID	F7652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Vivian Randall Rice
  Married	15 Jun 1947
  Divorced	1969
  Children	1. Susan Rice Snodgrass   2. Trudy Rice Filkins   3. Patricia Rice Simpson   4. Cindy Rice Reilly
  Last Modified	29 May 2018 09:36:26
  Family ID	F7653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Opal Stem Conner Rice,   b. 5 Feb 1927, Colmesneil, Tyler County, Texas ,   d. 17 Feb 2012, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 85 years)
  Married	2 Aug 1969	Waco, McLennan County, Texas
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2019 13:19:47
  Family ID	F7651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Maple Hill Cemetery, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Rice, Walter Walter L. Rice Jr. MAPLE HILL – Walter L. Rice Jr., 68, died Tuesday, Aug 9. 1994, at a Topeka hospital. He was born Nov. 3, 1925 at Emporia, the son of Walter L. Rice Sr. and Lula Zoah Martin Rice. Mr. Rice was an accountant and had worked for several Topeka firms before starting his own company in Maple Hill in 1971. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He married Vivian Randall on June 15, 1947. They were divorced in 1969. He married Opal Conner on Aug 2, 1969, in Waco, Texas. Survivors include his widow, Opal Rice, of the home; four daughters, Susan Snodgrass, Trudy Filkins, Patricia Simpson and Cindy Reilly, all of Topeka; three step-daughters, Judy O’Neill, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Martha Cook, Klamath Falls, Ore., and Nancy Pelfrey, Rossville; two step-sons, Jerry Conner and Terry Conner, both of Topeka; two brothers, Donald Rice, Boulder, Colo., and Warren Rice, Topeka; two sisters, Elizabeth Specht, Topeka, and Barbara Miller, Idaho Springs, Colo.; six grandchildren, 11 step-grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She [sic he] was preceded in death by one step-son, Stephen Conner, in 1989. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday at Maple Hill Community Congregational Church, Maple Hill, with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. Mr. Rice will lie in state after 10 a.m. Thursday at Verschelden Chapel, Maple Hill. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the chapel.