Nice, Rebecca Female Daily Press Feb 14, 1955 p. 3
Nice, Rebecca Female Daily Press Feb 15, 1955 p. 10

Death record located here:

https://peninsulagenealogy.wordpress.com/rebecca-nice/

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Nice, --Rebecca Longanecker, a resident of Denbigh, Va., for 30 years, died in the home of her son Byron and family on Feb. 13, 1955. She is survived by the following children (Frederick of Wenatchee, Wash.; Byron and Henry of Denbigh; Frank of Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Olive Jones of Little Rock, Ark.). Twenty grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren also survive. Grandmother Nice, as she was affectionately known, would have celebrated her hundredth birthday had she lived until April 19, yet she was still alert and interested in all family and community affairs, and kept up a wide correspondence. She was for many years a member of the Mennonite Church, attending services faithfully and regularly until her last weeks. Throughout her long life she was always mindful of others and leave the bright testimony of a full and happy Christian life. She was born in Ohio, moving with her family, while still a girl, to the wheatlands of Illinois. There in 1879 she was married to Jonas Nice. The young couple pioneered and founded their first home in a sod house at Roseland, Nebr. She worked with her husband who was ordained there as minister, first serving in that new land. In 1891, they moved to Louisiana where, except for one and a half years, they lived until they came to Virginia. She survived her husband by twenty years. Funeral services were held Feb. 17 at the Warwick River Mennonite Church, with T. H. Brunk, Geo. R. Brunk, and John H. Shenk in charge. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume XLVIII , Number 12 - March 22, 1955 -- page 285, 286

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I believe that Rebecca Nice is the daughter of Jacob Longanecker and Lydia Showalter...

She would be in the VI generation of the Ulrich Longanecker, Jr. line (page 6 of
THE
LONGANECKER
FAMlLY HISTORY
BEginning WITH ULRICH LONGANECKER, JR.
born 1711 Zurich, Switzerland
died 1792 Lancaster, Pa.
Mrs. Francis Jennings
Historian
Mss Eunice Deter
Co-Historian

-Jacob Longanecker III 1814-1890 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53393049
Born: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois, United States

(Married to Lydia Showalter http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53393050 )
Birth: Aug. 13, 1819 Lancaster County Pennsylvania

Death: Apr. 14, 1916 Whiteside County, Illinois
Begat Samuel G. Longanecker
Fianna Longanecker Steiner (1858-1936) http://goo.gl/A1ZMs6,
Joseph Longanecker (1858 -1936) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53393089
Lydia Longanecker 1850-1940 Born: Ohio Died: Olathe, Johnson, Kansas http://goo.gl/9POUmq obit
Elizabeth
Matelena
Mariah
Leah
Nancy
Jacob
Julia Ann
Rebecca http://goo.gl/2VcPYG Married Jonas Nice
Henry http://goo.gl/Y2pGth ? Possible (father "jasop" could be Jacob, and born within one year fo Jacob.