Father, Alvin Victor Rahm
Mother, Martha Elizabeth Froman
Maude was born at Stithton, Hardin Co, KY, a small community which today is part the Fort Knox.
Maude married Benjamin Blandton Welch about 1925 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY. She later married Paul Leroy Rice on July 28, 1946 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY
Published in The Courier-Journal on 9/18/2008
Obituary abstracted by Dolores Bohn.
RICE, M. AGNES, 107, of south Louisville, passed away Friday, September 12, 2008. She was the former Agnes Rahm, a native of Hardin County, a former volunteer for St. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital with over 3117 hours of service. She was also a member of St. Mary's Healthcare Auxiliary and Carlisle Ave. Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Jean Roeder Whitworth and Jane Patterson; grandson, Tim Taylor (Linda); and great-grandson, Chris Taylor. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday at Nunnelley Funeral Home, 4327 Taylor Blvd. with burial at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Ft. Knox, KY. Visitation 2-7 p.m. Friday.
The Courier-Journal February 1, 1999
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSMAKER: Agnes Rice Hospital volunteer, 98, amazes and inspiresBy SHERYL EDELEN, The Courier-Journal; STAFF.
Agnes Rice has many of the qualities expected of a good volunteer: compassion, a positive attitude and patience. But officials at Caritas Health Services say Rice possesses another quality that makes her a treasure: almost 100 years of life experience. Rice, who turned 98 on Jan. 5, is still going strong after eight years of volunteer work at Caritas Medical Center, 1850 Bluegrass Ave. ``The staff just marvels at her,'' said Mary Etta Hurd, the director of surgery. ``She seems like she just gets younger every year, instead of older.''
As part of her current duties as hostess in the surgery waiting room, Rice tries to ease the anxiety of visitors awaiting news of their loved ones. Three mornings a week, Rice also keeps track of surgery patients and visitors and directs relatives to the appropriate patient-care areas after surgery. ``I remember when I first interviewed her for a volunteer position,'' said Brenda Henderson, coordinator of volunteer services. ``Every few minutes, she would say to me, `Now, I'm 90, you know,' '' Henderson recalled with a laugh. ``It was like she thought I wouldn't be able to use her because of her age.'' But Henderson did use her, and in the ensuing eight years, Rice has both amazed and inspired scores of visitors. ``She's a lively little lady,'' Brenda Havey said recently as she and her sisters, Jerry Havey and Barbara Martin, waited to hear the results of a biopsy being performed on their mother, Dorothy Hildabrand. ``She's never too busy to welcome you in, and she doesn't mind seeking out information for you on your patient,'' Brenda Havey added. The Rev. Joe James, Hildabrand's pastor, agreed. In his frequent visits to other hospitalized members of his congregation at Mount Holly United Methodist Church over the years, James said, he has always found Rice helpful, pleasant and impassionate. ``There is just an energy about her and a capacity to keep up with the whereabouts of five to six families at a time,'' James said as he watched her work. He added with a chuckle, ``She can do that better than I can, and I'm 50.'' Rice, a Hardin County native who grew up in a family of 12 on farmland now used for Fort Knox military exercises, seems amused by the fascination. ``I have people who come in, see me, and say `Are you still here?' '' she said with a laugh. Henderson, however, said she is not surprised by visitors' reaction to Rice. In fact, she thinks Rice's age and vitality are part of her appeal. ``The people she meets think she is unique and seem to be amazed she is able to get around so well,'' Henderson said. Shortly after the death of her husband, Paul, in 1991, Rice said, she grew tired of sitting alone in her home near Iroquois Park and decided to get out and help others. At first, she tried helping at a nursing home, but that didn't work out. ``I loved it there, but every time the residents got sick, I got sick. If they got the flu, then I got the flu,'' Rice said. ``My doctor told me I had to quit.'' Since she began working at the hospital, only bad weather and occasional sickness have kept her from getting in her 12 hours of volunteer time every week. ``Sometimes I get up tired, but I've taken to eating bananas for the potassium, and that has made me feel much better,'' she said. ``She's more dependable than most 20-year-olds,'' Hurd said of Rice. She does not drive, however, and so she relies on one of her 73-year-old twin daughters, Jean Roeder and Jane Patterson, to give her a ride. Rice's enthusiasm for volunteering has rubbed off on Patterson, who began helping at the hospital last year. All in all, Rice remains humble about the impact her volunteer work has on others. ``I don't do anything special,'' she said. ``I just do what they ask me to do.'' Caritas Medical Center volunteer Agnes Rice, 98, right, talked with fellow volunteer Nancy Suhr. ``The staff just marvels at her. She seems like she just gets younger every year, instead of older,'' Mary Etta Hurd, director of surgery, said of Rice.
Mother, Martha Elizabeth Froman
Maude was born at Stithton, Hardin Co, KY, a small community which today is part the Fort Knox.
Maude married Benjamin Blandton Welch about 1925 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY. She later married Paul Leroy Rice on July 28, 1946 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY
Published in The Courier-Journal on 9/18/2008
Obituary abstracted by Dolores Bohn.
RICE, M. AGNES, 107, of south Louisville, passed away Friday, September 12, 2008. She was the former Agnes Rahm, a native of Hardin County, a former volunteer for St. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital with over 3117 hours of service. She was also a member of St. Mary's Healthcare Auxiliary and Carlisle Ave. Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Jean Roeder Whitworth and Jane Patterson; grandson, Tim Taylor (Linda); and great-grandson, Chris Taylor. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday at Nunnelley Funeral Home, 4327 Taylor Blvd. with burial at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Ft. Knox, KY. Visitation 2-7 p.m. Friday.
The Courier-Journal February 1, 1999
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSMAKER: Agnes Rice Hospital volunteer, 98, amazes and inspiresBy SHERYL EDELEN, The Courier-Journal; STAFF.
Agnes Rice has many of the qualities expected of a good volunteer: compassion, a positive attitude and patience. But officials at Caritas Health Services say Rice possesses another quality that makes her a treasure: almost 100 years of life experience. Rice, who turned 98 on Jan. 5, is still going strong after eight years of volunteer work at Caritas Medical Center, 1850 Bluegrass Ave. ``The staff just marvels at her,'' said Mary Etta Hurd, the director of surgery. ``She seems like she just gets younger every year, instead of older.''
As part of her current duties as hostess in the surgery waiting room, Rice tries to ease the anxiety of visitors awaiting news of their loved ones. Three mornings a week, Rice also keeps track of surgery patients and visitors and directs relatives to the appropriate patient-care areas after surgery. ``I remember when I first interviewed her for a volunteer position,'' said Brenda Henderson, coordinator of volunteer services. ``Every few minutes, she would say to me, `Now, I'm 90, you know,' '' Henderson recalled with a laugh. ``It was like she thought I wouldn't be able to use her because of her age.'' But Henderson did use her, and in the ensuing eight years, Rice has both amazed and inspired scores of visitors. ``She's a lively little lady,'' Brenda Havey said recently as she and her sisters, Jerry Havey and Barbara Martin, waited to hear the results of a biopsy being performed on their mother, Dorothy Hildabrand. ``She's never too busy to welcome you in, and she doesn't mind seeking out information for you on your patient,'' Brenda Havey added. The Rev. Joe James, Hildabrand's pastor, agreed. In his frequent visits to other hospitalized members of his congregation at Mount Holly United Methodist Church over the years, James said, he has always found Rice helpful, pleasant and impassionate. ``There is just an energy about her and a capacity to keep up with the whereabouts of five to six families at a time,'' James said as he watched her work. He added with a chuckle, ``She can do that better than I can, and I'm 50.'' Rice, a Hardin County native who grew up in a family of 12 on farmland now used for Fort Knox military exercises, seems amused by the fascination. ``I have people who come in, see me, and say `Are you still here?' '' she said with a laugh. Henderson, however, said she is not surprised by visitors' reaction to Rice. In fact, she thinks Rice's age and vitality are part of her appeal. ``The people she meets think she is unique and seem to be amazed she is able to get around so well,'' Henderson said. Shortly after the death of her husband, Paul, in 1991, Rice said, she grew tired of sitting alone in her home near Iroquois Park and decided to get out and help others. At first, she tried helping at a nursing home, but that didn't work out. ``I loved it there, but every time the residents got sick, I got sick. If they got the flu, then I got the flu,'' Rice said. ``My doctor told me I had to quit.'' Since she began working at the hospital, only bad weather and occasional sickness have kept her from getting in her 12 hours of volunteer time every week. ``Sometimes I get up tired, but I've taken to eating bananas for the potassium, and that has made me feel much better,'' she said. ``She's more dependable than most 20-year-olds,'' Hurd said of Rice. She does not drive, however, and so she relies on one of her 73-year-old twin daughters, Jean Roeder and Jane Patterson, to give her a ride. Rice's enthusiasm for volunteering has rubbed off on Patterson, who began helping at the hospital last year. All in all, Rice remains humble about the impact her volunteer work has on others. ``I don't do anything special,'' she said. ``I just do what they ask me to do.'' Caritas Medical Center volunteer Agnes Rice, 98, right, talked with fellow volunteer Nancy Suhr. ``The staff just marvels at her. She seems like she just gets younger every year, instead of older,'' Mary Etta Hurd, director of surgery, said of Rice.
Father, Alvin Victor Rahm
Mother, Martha Elizabeth Froman
Maude was born at Stithton, Hardin Co, KY, a small community which today is part the Fort Knox.
Maude married Benjamin Blandton Welch about 1925 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY. She later married Paul Leroy Rice on July 28, 1946 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY
Published in The Courier-Journal on 9/18/2008
Obituary abstracted by Dolores Bohn.
RICE, M. AGNES, 107, of south Louisville, passed away Friday, September 12, 2008. She was the former Agnes Rahm, a native of Hardin County, a former volunteer for St. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital with over 3117 hours of service. She was also a member of St. Mary's Healthcare Auxiliary and Carlisle Ave. Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Jean Roeder Whitworth and Jane Patterson; grandson, Tim Taylor (Linda); and great-grandson, Chris Taylor. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday at Nunnelley Funeral Home, 4327 Taylor Blvd. with burial at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Ft. Knox, KY. Visitation 2-7 p.m. Friday.
The Courier-Journal February 1, 1999
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSMAKER: Agnes Rice Hospital volunteer, 98, amazes and inspiresBy SHERYL EDELEN, The Courier-Journal; STAFF.
Agnes Rice has many of the qualities expected of a good volunteer: compassion, a positive attitude and patience. But officials at Caritas Health Services say Rice possesses another quality that makes her a treasure: almost 100 years of life experience. Rice, who turned 98 on Jan. 5, is still going strong after eight years of volunteer work at Caritas Medical Center, 1850 Bluegrass Ave. ``The staff just marvels at her,'' said Mary Etta Hurd, the director of surgery. ``She seems like she just gets younger every year, instead of older.''
As part of her current duties as hostess in the surgery waiting room, Rice tries to ease the anxiety of visitors awaiting news of their loved ones. Three mornings a week, Rice also keeps track of surgery patients and visitors and directs relatives to the appropriate patient-care areas after surgery. ``I remember when I first interviewed her for a volunteer position,'' said Brenda Henderson, coordinator of volunteer services. ``Every few minutes, she would say to me, `Now, I'm 90, you know,' '' Henderson recalled with a laugh. ``It was like she thought I wouldn't be able to use her because of her age.'' But Henderson did use her, and in the ensuing eight years, Rice has both amazed and inspired scores of visitors. ``She's a lively little lady,'' Brenda Havey said recently as she and her sisters, Jerry Havey and Barbara Martin, waited to hear the results of a biopsy being performed on their mother, Dorothy Hildabrand. ``She's never too busy to welcome you in, and she doesn't mind seeking out information for you on your patient,'' Brenda Havey added. The Rev. Joe James, Hildabrand's pastor, agreed. In his frequent visits to other hospitalized members of his congregation at Mount Holly United Methodist Church over the years, James said, he has always found Rice helpful, pleasant and impassionate. ``There is just an energy about her and a capacity to keep up with the whereabouts of five to six families at a time,'' James said as he watched her work. He added with a chuckle, ``She can do that better than I can, and I'm 50.'' Rice, a Hardin County native who grew up in a family of 12 on farmland now used for Fort Knox military exercises, seems amused by the fascination. ``I have people who come in, see me, and say `Are you still here?' '' she said with a laugh. Henderson, however, said she is not surprised by visitors' reaction to Rice. In fact, she thinks Rice's age and vitality are part of her appeal. ``The people she meets think she is unique and seem to be amazed she is able to get around so well,'' Henderson said. Shortly after the death of her husband, Paul, in 1991, Rice said, she grew tired of sitting alone in her home near Iroquois Park and decided to get out and help others. At first, she tried helping at a nursing home, but that didn't work out. ``I loved it there, but every time the residents got sick, I got sick. If they got the flu, then I got the flu,'' Rice said. ``My doctor told me I had to quit.'' Since she began working at the hospital, only bad weather and occasional sickness have kept her from getting in her 12 hours of volunteer time every week. ``Sometimes I get up tired, but I've taken to eating bananas for the potassium, and that has made me feel much better,'' she said. ``She's more dependable than most 20-year-olds,'' Hurd said of Rice. She does not drive, however, and so she relies on one of her 73-year-old twin daughters, Jean Roeder and Jane Patterson, to give her a ride. Rice's enthusiasm for volunteering has rubbed off on Patterson, who began helping at the hospital last year. All in all, Rice remains humble about the impact her volunteer work has on others. ``I don't do anything special,'' she said. ``I just do what they ask me to do.'' Caritas Medical Center volunteer Agnes Rice, 98, right, talked with fellow volunteer Nancy Suhr. ``The staff just marvels at her. She seems like she just gets younger every year, instead of older,'' Mary Etta Hurd, director of surgery, said of Rice.
Mother, Martha Elizabeth Froman
Maude was born at Stithton, Hardin Co, KY, a small community which today is part the Fort Knox.
Maude married Benjamin Blandton Welch about 1925 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY. She later married Paul Leroy Rice on July 28, 1946 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY
Published in The Courier-Journal on 9/18/2008
Obituary abstracted by Dolores Bohn.
RICE, M. AGNES, 107, of south Louisville, passed away Friday, September 12, 2008. She was the former Agnes Rahm, a native of Hardin County, a former volunteer for St. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital with over 3117 hours of service. She was also a member of St. Mary's Healthcare Auxiliary and Carlisle Ave. Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Jean Roeder Whitworth and Jane Patterson; grandson, Tim Taylor (Linda); and great-grandson, Chris Taylor. Funeral, 11 a.m. Saturday at Nunnelley Funeral Home, 4327 Taylor Blvd. with burial at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Ft. Knox, KY. Visitation 2-7 p.m. Friday.
The Courier-Journal February 1, 1999
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSMAKER: Agnes Rice Hospital volunteer, 98, amazes and inspiresBy SHERYL EDELEN, The Courier-Journal; STAFF.
Agnes Rice has many of the qualities expected of a good volunteer: compassion, a positive attitude and patience. But officials at Caritas Health Services say Rice possesses another quality that makes her a treasure: almost 100 years of life experience. Rice, who turned 98 on Jan. 5, is still going strong after eight years of volunteer work at Caritas Medical Center, 1850 Bluegrass Ave. ``The staff just marvels at her,'' said Mary Etta Hurd, the director of surgery. ``She seems like she just gets younger every year, instead of older.''
As part of her current duties as hostess in the surgery waiting room, Rice tries to ease the anxiety of visitors awaiting news of their loved ones. Three mornings a week, Rice also keeps track of surgery patients and visitors and directs relatives to the appropriate patient-care areas after surgery. ``I remember when I first interviewed her for a volunteer position,'' said Brenda Henderson, coordinator of volunteer services. ``Every few minutes, she would say to me, `Now, I'm 90, you know,' '' Henderson recalled with a laugh. ``It was like she thought I wouldn't be able to use her because of her age.'' But Henderson did use her, and in the ensuing eight years, Rice has both amazed and inspired scores of visitors. ``She's a lively little lady,'' Brenda Havey said recently as she and her sisters, Jerry Havey and Barbara Martin, waited to hear the results of a biopsy being performed on their mother, Dorothy Hildabrand. ``She's never too busy to welcome you in, and she doesn't mind seeking out information for you on your patient,'' Brenda Havey added. The Rev. Joe James, Hildabrand's pastor, agreed. In his frequent visits to other hospitalized members of his congregation at Mount Holly United Methodist Church over the years, James said, he has always found Rice helpful, pleasant and impassionate. ``There is just an energy about her and a capacity to keep up with the whereabouts of five to six families at a time,'' James said as he watched her work. He added with a chuckle, ``She can do that better than I can, and I'm 50.'' Rice, a Hardin County native who grew up in a family of 12 on farmland now used for Fort Knox military exercises, seems amused by the fascination. ``I have people who come in, see me, and say `Are you still here?' '' she said with a laugh. Henderson, however, said she is not surprised by visitors' reaction to Rice. In fact, she thinks Rice's age and vitality are part of her appeal. ``The people she meets think she is unique and seem to be amazed she is able to get around so well,'' Henderson said. Shortly after the death of her husband, Paul, in 1991, Rice said, she grew tired of sitting alone in her home near Iroquois Park and decided to get out and help others. At first, she tried helping at a nursing home, but that didn't work out. ``I loved it there, but every time the residents got sick, I got sick. If they got the flu, then I got the flu,'' Rice said. ``My doctor told me I had to quit.'' Since she began working at the hospital, only bad weather and occasional sickness have kept her from getting in her 12 hours of volunteer time every week. ``Sometimes I get up tired, but I've taken to eating bananas for the potassium, and that has made me feel much better,'' she said. ``She's more dependable than most 20-year-olds,'' Hurd said of Rice. She does not drive, however, and so she relies on one of her 73-year-old twin daughters, Jean Roeder and Jane Patterson, to give her a ride. Rice's enthusiasm for volunteering has rubbed off on Patterson, who began helping at the hospital last year. All in all, Rice remains humble about the impact her volunteer work has on others. ``I don't do anything special,'' she said. ``I just do what they ask me to do.'' Caritas Medical Center volunteer Agnes Rice, 98, right, talked with fellow volunteer Nancy Suhr. ``The staff just marvels at her. She seems like she just gets younger every year, instead of older,'' Mary Etta Hurd, director of surgery, said of Rice.
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