Nora Rice, 101, of Boone, formerly of Rippey, IA
Date of Death: December 17, 2003
Visitation with the family: 6:00 - 8:00pm Sunday December 21, 2003 at Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home in Grand Junction
Funeral Service: 8:00 pm Sunday at Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home, Grand Junction
Interment Service: 10:00am Monday at Rippey Cemetery, Rippey, Iowa

Nora Rice was born December 10, 1902 in Greene County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Rinehardt R. Imler and Charlotte Nora Miller Imler.

Nora grew on a farm southwest of Rippey , and after her marriage to Clarence Clyde Rice, they live on the same farm until early in 1964. During that time, Nora was active in 4-H and did volunteer work at the Jefferson Hospital. She was a longtime member of the KYNB (Know Your Neighbor Better) Circle in Rippey.

The farm was sold in 1964 and Nora and Clarence moved to Sportsman Park located east of Dawson where they worked as Park Custodians.

When Clarence died in August of 1977, Nora moved to Boone and obtained a job as receptionist at Red Rock Area Community Actions. She held this job until approximately 1995, when she was 93 years of age.

Nora Rice died Wednesday, December 17, 2003 at the Evangelical Free Church Home in Boone where she had lived since June of this year. Preceding her in death were her parents; one daughter: Dorothy Cunningham; 5 brothers: Ralph, Dave, Preston, Irving, and Galen; and 4 sisters: Vera, Lottie, Mary, and Ruth.

Surviving is one son: Dwight Rice and his wife Mary of Loudon, Tennessee; 4 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.