Elizabeth Jean Rice

Elizabeth Jean Rice (nee Ford), 84 of Vermilion, died Thursday, March 27, 2003 at Kingston of Vermilion. She was born June 29, 1918 in Columbus, Ohio. She had worked in the marketing department at Sears in Elyria. She was a member of the Vermilion Evangelical and Reformed Church , and the Madeleine Chapter #204 of the Order of Eastern Star. Survivors include a son, Roger K. Rice of Vermilion, and 2 grandchildren. Preceding her in death were her husband, James Harold Rice, July 5, 1987; a brother, Ivar C. Ford, Jr.; a sister, Martha Kuhl; and her parents, Ivar and Anna ( nee Soderblom) Ford. . Services will be held at the Maple Grove Cemetery, Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 2 p.m.. The Reverend Guy Morton, pastor of Lakeview Baptist Church, will officiate. Madeleine Chapter of the Eastern Star will conduct a service at the cemetery. Interment will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery, Vermilion.. Contributions may be made to the Ritter Public Library Endowment Fund, 5680 Liberty Avenue, Vermilion, Ohio 44089, or New Life Hospice, 5255 North Abbe Road, Elyria, Ohio 44035.. Riddle Funeral Home, 5345 South Street, Vermilion, is handling arrangements.