Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Services

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” ~ Helen Keller

Forthcoming funeral services are planned for the following friends from our community. Complete versions of these obituaries may be found in The Payson Chronicle and on our website at paysonchronicle.com.

Maude Rice

Maude Rhoda Fox Rice passed away in St. George, UT on February 13, 2017. She was born in Salt Lake City and was a daughter of Angus Cannon Fox and Esther Olive Rasmussen.

Maude married Wilford Lee Rice in 1944, at Nevada City, CA. They were sealed in the Salt Lake City Temple October 1945. Together they owned two Dairy farms in Biggs, CA. Her husband died in Gridley, CA on January 22,1962.

Maude moved to St. George, UT in the fall of 1966. She was an active member of the LDS Church. At the age of 60, she served in the Dallas, TX mission.

She is survived by: her seven children: Ruth Rice Bandle, St. George, UT, Elsie Rice Mosher, Genola, UT, David Lee Rice, Salem, UT, Wilford Wayne Rice, Eureka, UT, JoAnn Rice Sadler, Highland, UT, Teresa Rice Snow, St. George, UT, and Jonathan Fox Rice, Cedar City, UT; and two sisters, Ruth Gabriel and Elva Haag. She is preceded in death by: her husband, Wilford Lee Rice; twin daughters: Rebecca and Rachel Rice, and a granddaughter, Rachelle Lynn Sadler.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 25, 2017, 2436 East Crimson Ridge in St. George, UT. Interment will be held at Santa Clara City Cemetery in Santa Clara, UT.

Friends and family are invited to share condolences online at www.SerenityStG.com.  Arrangements and memorial tree planting by the Serenity Funeral Home, 986-2085.