Floyd Rice was born on March 20, 1922 in Jefferson City, Mo., to Theodore "Ted" and Maude "Marie" (Harlan) Rice.
He was married to Margaret Lucille Kirchhoff on June 26, 1940 in Sedalia, Missouri. They were married 60 years.
Floyd quit school after the 8th grade to help his father support the family. They chopped and delivered firewood.
He worked for International Shoe in Jefferson City and was foreman in the fitting room.
After the war he went back to the same shoe factory.
In 1962 he was transferred to Perryville, MO and then Flora, Illinois.
In 1973 Floyd and Margaret moved to the farm 3 miles east of McGirk, MO.
He went to work for Weber Shoe in Fulton, MO. Then he worked for Stride-Rite Shoe and was Superintendent. He was a specialist on the original boat shoe.
After Margaret died in 2001, he sold the farm and had a house built in California, MO. He lived there with his second wife Betty until his death at the Moniteau Care Center.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in California, plus he was a Gideon.
Military - World War II
Floyd was drafted May 26, 1943 into the Army. Basic training was at Ft. Riley, Kansas. He was shipped overseas in November 1943 to England where he spent 7 months.He landed in the 2nd wave onto Normandy Beach. He served in the 38th Mechanized Calvary Tank Company. Rank of Sargeant and drove a tank. He drove the 4th tank into the Liberation of Paris, France in 1945.He was in the Battle of the Bulge and met up with Russian troops at a concentration camp about 25-30 miles from Berlin at the end of the war in Europe. They moved to Czechoslovakia and stayed there 7 months before going home. He spent 12 days on a liberty ship and landed in New York City on November 6, 1945. Then he traveled by train to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO . Then he traveled by train to Jefferson City, MO and arrived home November 12, 1945. His Company received five Battle Stars. He received the Presidential Unit Citation and Good Conduct Medal. He served in 7 countries and was discharged November 10, 1945. His only wound was when a bullet grazed his ear. Dad was a very lucky man.
Children of Floyd and Margaret Rice:
1-Larry Leon Rice b. March 11, 1941 d. April 13, 1941
2-Douglas Allan Rice b. Nov 2, 1942
3-Mary Ellen Rice b. Aug 30, 1946
6 Siblings: All born in Jefferson City, MO
1 - Louise Rice Bromley Still (1920 - 2009)
1st married Sept 23, 1940 to
Frederick James “Fred” Bromley, Jr (1920-1984)
Louise and Fred buried Cape Fair Cemetery, Stone, MO
Mabel "Louise" 2nd married Joseph T Still (1921 - 2016)
3 - Ruth Marie Rice Wrona (1925 - 1975) Buried Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, MO - Garden 51 Lot 268B Space 2
married Pete Wrona
4 - Roy Franklin "Roy Lee" Rice
....b. Jan 30, 1926, d. Sept 6, 1926.
Buried Union Hill Cemetery, Holts Summit, MO, unmarked grave.
5 - Betty Mae Rice Rohrbach Bowling (1927-2010) Buried Floral Hills Cemetery,Kansas City, MO - Garden 51 Lot 936B Space 2
1st married Charles "Charlie" Rohrbach (1922 - 1996)
2nd married Bob Bowling
6- Bonnie Fay Rice Powell Amann (1931 - 2000) Buried Floral Hills Cemetery,Kansas City, MO -Garden 51 Lot 268B Space 4
1st married Robert "Bob" Powell
2nd married Tom Amann
7 - Peggy Lou Rice Pauley (1936-1971) Buried New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Ashland, MO - Row 9, Lot 53, Graves 5-6
married July 18, 1959 to
Jimmy Gale Pauley (1932 - 2008)
Jimmy 2nd married Oct 20, 1972 Ashland, Missouri to
Adele Windsor (1935 - )
Floyd married Betty (Taylor) Murphy Jan. 18, 2003 McGirk, MO. They were married 12 years.
Betty was born June 10, 1939 in Pattonsburg, Davis, MO.
She was the widow of Nick L Murphy (1935-1997).
Betty and Nick Murphy had 4 children:
Jerry, David, Rickie and Connie.
Floyd is survived by his wife, Betty Rice
One son, Douglas Allan (Jeanie) Rice Sr.
One daughter, Mary Ellen (Ron) Drzewucki Sr.
Three step-sons, Jerry (Pamela) Murphy, David (Carol) Murphy, Rickie (Christine) Murphy, one step-daughter, Connie Murphy
Five grandchildren, Kimberly (Timothy) Vassar, Douglas Rice Jr. (Ursula), Kellie (Larry) Johnson, Shana (Don) Molitor, Aron (Christina) Lappe
Eight great-grandchildren
Four great-great-grandchildren
Nine step-grandchildren
15 step-great-grandchildren
Funeral service was on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at 11 a.m., at Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services.
Burial was at California City Cemetery with Military Honors. Officiating was Rev. Greg Morrow.
Daddy, I have many good memories. You were loved.
He was married to Margaret Lucille Kirchhoff on June 26, 1940 in Sedalia, Missouri. They were married 60 years.
Floyd quit school after the 8th grade to help his father support the family. They chopped and delivered firewood.
He worked for International Shoe in Jefferson City and was foreman in the fitting room.
After the war he went back to the same shoe factory.
In 1962 he was transferred to Perryville, MO and then Flora, Illinois.
In 1973 Floyd and Margaret moved to the farm 3 miles east of McGirk, MO.
He went to work for Weber Shoe in Fulton, MO. Then he worked for Stride-Rite Shoe and was Superintendent. He was a specialist on the original boat shoe.
After Margaret died in 2001, he sold the farm and had a house built in California, MO. He lived there with his second wife Betty until his death at the Moniteau Care Center.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in California, plus he was a Gideon.
Military - World War II
Floyd was drafted May 26, 1943 into the Army. Basic training was at Ft. Riley, Kansas. He was shipped overseas in November 1943 to England where he spent 7 months.He landed in the 2nd wave onto Normandy Beach. He served in the 38th Mechanized Calvary Tank Company. Rank of Sargeant and drove a tank. He drove the 4th tank into the Liberation of Paris, France in 1945.He was in the Battle of the Bulge and met up with Russian troops at a concentration camp about 25-30 miles from Berlin at the end of the war in Europe. They moved to Czechoslovakia and stayed there 7 months before going home. He spent 12 days on a liberty ship and landed in New York City on November 6, 1945. Then he traveled by train to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO . Then he traveled by train to Jefferson City, MO and arrived home November 12, 1945. His Company received five Battle Stars. He received the Presidential Unit Citation and Good Conduct Medal. He served in 7 countries and was discharged November 10, 1945. His only wound was when a bullet grazed his ear. Dad was a very lucky man.
Children of Floyd and Margaret Rice:
1-Larry Leon Rice b. March 11, 1941 d. April 13, 1941
2-Douglas Allan Rice b. Nov 2, 1942
3-Mary Ellen Rice b. Aug 30, 1946
6 Siblings: All born in Jefferson City, MO
1 - Louise Rice Bromley Still (1920 - 2009)
1st married Sept 23, 1940 to
Frederick James “Fred” Bromley, Jr (1920-1984)
Louise and Fred buried Cape Fair Cemetery, Stone, MO
Mabel "Louise" 2nd married Joseph T Still (1921 - 2016)
3 - Ruth Marie Rice Wrona (1925 - 1975) Buried Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, MO - Garden 51 Lot 268B Space 2
married Pete Wrona
4 - Roy Franklin "Roy Lee" Rice
....b. Jan 30, 1926, d. Sept 6, 1926.
Buried Union Hill Cemetery, Holts Summit, MO, unmarked grave.
5 - Betty Mae Rice Rohrbach Bowling (1927-2010) Buried Floral Hills Cemetery,Kansas City, MO - Garden 51 Lot 936B Space 2
1st married Charles "Charlie" Rohrbach (1922 - 1996)
2nd married Bob Bowling
6- Bonnie Fay Rice Powell Amann (1931 - 2000) Buried Floral Hills Cemetery,Kansas City, MO -Garden 51 Lot 268B Space 4
1st married Robert "Bob" Powell
2nd married Tom Amann
7 - Peggy Lou Rice Pauley (1936-1971) Buried New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Ashland, MO - Row 9, Lot 53, Graves 5-6
married July 18, 1959 to
Jimmy Gale Pauley (1932 - 2008)
Jimmy 2nd married Oct 20, 1972 Ashland, Missouri to
Adele Windsor (1935 - )
Floyd married Betty (Taylor) Murphy Jan. 18, 2003 McGirk, MO. They were married 12 years.
Betty was born June 10, 1939 in Pattonsburg, Davis, MO.
She was the widow of Nick L Murphy (1935-1997).
Betty and Nick Murphy had 4 children:
Jerry, David, Rickie and Connie.
Floyd is survived by his wife, Betty Rice
One son, Douglas Allan (Jeanie) Rice Sr.
One daughter, Mary Ellen (Ron) Drzewucki Sr.
Three step-sons, Jerry (Pamela) Murphy, David (Carol) Murphy, Rickie (Christine) Murphy, one step-daughter, Connie Murphy
Five grandchildren, Kimberly (Timothy) Vassar, Douglas Rice Jr. (Ursula), Kellie (Larry) Johnson, Shana (Don) Molitor, Aron (Christina) Lappe
Eight great-grandchildren
Four great-great-grandchildren
Nine step-grandchildren
15 step-great-grandchildren
Funeral service was on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at 11 a.m., at Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services.
Burial was at California City Cemetery with Military Honors. Officiating was Rev. Greg Morrow.
Daddy, I have many good memories. You were loved.
Floyd Rice was born on March 20, 1922 in Jefferson City, Mo., to Theodore "Ted" and Maude "Marie" (Harlan) Rice.
He was married to Margaret Lucille Kirchhoff on June 26, 1940 in Sedalia, Missouri. They were married 60 years.
Floyd quit school after the 8th grade to help his father support the family. They chopped and delivered firewood.
He worked for International Shoe in Jefferson City and was foreman in the fitting room.
After the war he went back to the same shoe factory.
In 1962 he was transferred to Perryville, MO and then Flora, Illinois.
In 1973 Floyd and Margaret moved to the farm 3 miles east of McGirk, MO.
He went to work for Weber Shoe in Fulton, MO. Then he worked for Stride-Rite Shoe and was Superintendent. He was a specialist on the original boat shoe.
After Margaret died in 2001, he sold the farm and had a house built in California, MO. He lived there with his second wife Betty until his death at the Moniteau Care Center.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in California, plus he was a Gideon.
Military - World War II
Floyd was drafted May 26, 1943 into the Army. Basic training was at Ft. Riley, Kansas. He was shipped overseas in November 1943 to England where he spent 7 months.He landed in the 2nd wave onto Normandy Beach. He served in the 38th Mechanized Calvary Tank Company. Rank of Sargeant and drove a tank. He drove the 4th tank into the Liberation of Paris, France in 1945.He was in the Battle of the Bulge and met up with Russian troops at a concentration camp about 25-30 miles from Berlin at the end of the war in Europe. They moved to Czechoslovakia and stayed there 7 months before going home. He spent 12 days on a liberty ship and landed in New York City on November 6, 1945. Then he traveled by train to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO . Then he traveled by train to Jefferson City, MO and arrived home November 12, 1945. His Company received five Battle Stars. He received the Presidential Unit Citation and Good Conduct Medal. He served in 7 countries and was discharged November 10, 1945. His only wound was when a bullet grazed his ear. Dad was a very lucky man.
Children of Floyd and Margaret Rice:
1-Larry Leon Rice b. March 11, 1941 d. April 13, 1941
2-Douglas Allan Rice b. Nov 2, 1942
3-Mary Ellen Rice b. Aug 30, 1946
6 Siblings: All born in Jefferson City, MO
1 - Louise Rice Bromley Still (1920 - 2009)
1st married Sept 23, 1940 to
Frederick James “Fred” Bromley, Jr (1920-1984)
Louise and Fred buried Cape Fair Cemetery, Stone, MO
Mabel "Louise" 2nd married Joseph T Still (1921 - 2016)
3 - Ruth Marie Rice Wrona (1925 - 1975) Buried Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, MO - Garden 51 Lot 268B Space 2
married Pete Wrona
4 - Roy Franklin "Roy Lee" Rice
....b. Jan 30, 1926, d. Sept 6, 1926.
Buried Union Hill Cemetery, Holts Summit, MO, unmarked grave.
5 - Betty Mae Rice Rohrbach Bowling (1927-2010) Buried Floral Hills Cemetery,Kansas City, MO - Garden 51 Lot 936B Space 2
1st married Charles "Charlie" Rohrbach (1922 - 1996)
2nd married Bob Bowling
6- Bonnie Fay Rice Powell Amann (1931 - 2000) Buried Floral Hills Cemetery,Kansas City, MO -Garden 51 Lot 268B Space 4
1st married Robert "Bob" Powell
2nd married Tom Amann
7 - Peggy Lou Rice Pauley (1936-1971) Buried New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Ashland, MO - Row 9, Lot 53, Graves 5-6
married July 18, 1959 to
Jimmy Gale Pauley (1932 - 2008)
Jimmy 2nd married Oct 20, 1972 Ashland, Missouri to
Adele Windsor (1935 - )
Floyd married Betty (Taylor) Murphy Jan. 18, 2003 McGirk, MO. They were married 12 years.
Betty was born June 10, 1939 in Pattonsburg, Davis, MO.
She was the widow of Nick L Murphy (1935-1997).
Betty and Nick Murphy had 4 children:
Jerry, David, Rickie and Connie.
Floyd is survived by his wife, Betty Rice
One son, Douglas Allan (Jeanie) Rice Sr.
One daughter, Mary Ellen (Ron) Drzewucki Sr.
Three step-sons, Jerry (Pamela) Murphy, David (Carol) Murphy, Rickie (Christine) Murphy, one step-daughter, Connie Murphy
Five grandchildren, Kimberly (Timothy) Vassar, Douglas Rice Jr. (Ursula), Kellie (Larry) Johnson, Shana (Don) Molitor, Aron (Christina) Lappe
Eight great-grandchildren
Four great-great-grandchildren
Nine step-grandchildren
15 step-great-grandchildren
Funeral service was on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at 11 a.m., at Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services.
Burial was at California City Cemetery with Military Honors. Officiating was Rev. Greg Morrow.
Daddy, I have many good memories. You were loved.
He was married to Margaret Lucille Kirchhoff on June 26, 1940 in Sedalia, Missouri. They were married 60 years.
Floyd quit school after the 8th grade to help his father support the family. They chopped and delivered firewood.
He worked for International Shoe in Jefferson City and was foreman in the fitting room.
After the war he went back to the same shoe factory.
In 1962 he was transferred to Perryville, MO and then Flora, Illinois.
In 1973 Floyd and Margaret moved to the farm 3 miles east of McGirk, MO.
He went to work for Weber Shoe in Fulton, MO. Then he worked for Stride-Rite Shoe and was Superintendent. He was a specialist on the original boat shoe.
After Margaret died in 2001, he sold the farm and had a house built in California, MO. He lived there with his second wife Betty until his death at the Moniteau Care Center.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in California, plus he was a Gideon.
Military - World War II
Floyd was drafted May 26, 1943 into the Army. Basic training was at Ft. Riley, Kansas. He was shipped overseas in November 1943 to England where he spent 7 months.He landed in the 2nd wave onto Normandy Beach. He served in the 38th Mechanized Calvary Tank Company. Rank of Sargeant and drove a tank. He drove the 4th tank into the Liberation of Paris, France in 1945.He was in the Battle of the Bulge and met up with Russian troops at a concentration camp about 25-30 miles from Berlin at the end of the war in Europe. They moved to Czechoslovakia and stayed there 7 months before going home. He spent 12 days on a liberty ship and landed in New York City on November 6, 1945. Then he traveled by train to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO . Then he traveled by train to Jefferson City, MO and arrived home November 12, 1945. His Company received five Battle Stars. He received the Presidential Unit Citation and Good Conduct Medal. He served in 7 countries and was discharged November 10, 1945. His only wound was when a bullet grazed his ear. Dad was a very lucky man.
Children of Floyd and Margaret Rice:
1-Larry Leon Rice b. March 11, 1941 d. April 13, 1941
2-Douglas Allan Rice b. Nov 2, 1942
3-Mary Ellen Rice b. Aug 30, 1946
6 Siblings: All born in Jefferson City, MO
1 - Louise Rice Bromley Still (1920 - 2009)
1st married Sept 23, 1940 to
Frederick James “Fred” Bromley, Jr (1920-1984)
Louise and Fred buried Cape Fair Cemetery, Stone, MO
Mabel "Louise" 2nd married Joseph T Still (1921 - 2016)
3 - Ruth Marie Rice Wrona (1925 - 1975) Buried Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City, MO - Garden 51 Lot 268B Space 2
married Pete Wrona
4 - Roy Franklin "Roy Lee" Rice
....b. Jan 30, 1926, d. Sept 6, 1926.
Buried Union Hill Cemetery, Holts Summit, MO, unmarked grave.
5 - Betty Mae Rice Rohrbach Bowling (1927-2010) Buried Floral Hills Cemetery,Kansas City, MO - Garden 51 Lot 936B Space 2
1st married Charles "Charlie" Rohrbach (1922 - 1996)
2nd married Bob Bowling
6- Bonnie Fay Rice Powell Amann (1931 - 2000) Buried Floral Hills Cemetery,Kansas City, MO -Garden 51 Lot 268B Space 4
1st married Robert "Bob" Powell
2nd married Tom Amann
7 - Peggy Lou Rice Pauley (1936-1971) Buried New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Ashland, MO - Row 9, Lot 53, Graves 5-6
married July 18, 1959 to
Jimmy Gale Pauley (1932 - 2008)
Jimmy 2nd married Oct 20, 1972 Ashland, Missouri to
Adele Windsor (1935 - )
Floyd married Betty (Taylor) Murphy Jan. 18, 2003 McGirk, MO. They were married 12 years.
Betty was born June 10, 1939 in Pattonsburg, Davis, MO.
She was the widow of Nick L Murphy (1935-1997).
Betty and Nick Murphy had 4 children:
Jerry, David, Rickie and Connie.
Floyd is survived by his wife, Betty Rice
One son, Douglas Allan (Jeanie) Rice Sr.
One daughter, Mary Ellen (Ron) Drzewucki Sr.
Three step-sons, Jerry (Pamela) Murphy, David (Carol) Murphy, Rickie (Christine) Murphy, one step-daughter, Connie Murphy
Five grandchildren, Kimberly (Timothy) Vassar, Douglas Rice Jr. (Ursula), Kellie (Larry) Johnson, Shana (Don) Molitor, Aron (Christina) Lappe
Eight great-grandchildren
Four great-great-grandchildren
Nine step-grandchildren
15 step-great-grandchildren
Funeral service was on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, at 11 a.m., at Bowlin-Cantriel Funeral Services.
Burial was at California City Cemetery with Military Honors. Officiating was Rev. Greg Morrow.
Daddy, I have many good memories. You were loved.
