Harold Rice

Obituaries

December 15, 2014 - 12:00 AM

R. Harold Rice, 90, Iola, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, at Allen County Regional Hospital.
Robert Harold Rice was born Nov. 11, 1924, in Wichita Falls, Texas, the son of Dr. Reuben and Jimmie Ethel (Myers) Rice. He graduated from Talala High School in Oklahoma and spent most of his life raising cattle. Harold worked with his brother several years before marrying Mary Lucille McGill on July 18, 1952. They made their home on a ranch near Chelsea, Okla., until 1957 when they moved to a farm on the Neosho River northwest of Iola. In 1983 he opened Rice Feed in Iola which he operated for years. They moved into Iola to live in 2010.
His wife of 62 years, Lucille, survives, as do two sons, Gary Rice, Austin, Texas, and Rick Rice and wife Alfy, rural Iola; a daughter, Tanya Beyer and husband Kent of Gridley; a brother, Bobby Eugene Rice, Cleveland, Ohio; eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and three sisters.
Cremation has taken place. A graveside memorial service will be held at a later date in the Chelsea Cemetery in Chelsea, Okla.
To sign the guest book online or to leave a condolence go to www.iolafuneral.com.

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