Obituary from the Kansas City Star, August 12, 1989, page D7.
Carl V. Rice
Carl V. Rice, 91, Kansas City Kan., a lawyer, business owner and former Democratic national committeeman from Kansas, died Aug. 11, 1989, at his daughter's home in Fort Pierce, Fla.
Mr. Rice was formerly a partner in the law firm of McDowell & Rice in Kansas City, Kan. He was regional counsel for the Reconstruction Finance Corp. in Kansas City from1933 to 1938 and was counsel for the Kansas State Department of Banking from 1937 to 1939.
He was a Democratic national committeeman from1944 to 1952 and was a Kansas highway commissioner from 1931 to 1933. He was appointed vice chairman of the Democratic state finance committee in Kansas in 1958 and served on the platform committees at the Democratic national conventions in 1932 and 1960.
Mr. Rice was president and chairman of the board of Pierce Industries, Inc., a holding company for manufacturing plants in six states, before he retired in 1961. He was also president of Sherold Crystals, Inc. in Kansas City, Sherwood Manufacturing Co. in Independence and Rice Investments in Kansas City, Kan. He was vice president of National Products and United Molding Inc. and Graham Tubular Specialties in Kansas City and the Missouri Diecasting Co., St. Louis. He served on the board of Rodar Leasing and was president of the Mission Groves Fruit Co., Fort Pierce.
He was a former member of the board of the Kansas City, Kan., Urban Renewal Commission and former chairman of the Wyandotte County Industrial Development Commission. He received the Kansas City, Kan., Area Chamber of Commerce's community citizenship citation in 1971.
Mr. Rice was a graduate of the University of Kansas law school, where he was an All-American and Amateur Athletic Union high jumper. He was named to KU's athletic hall of fame in 1984. He was a member of Delta Theta Phi professional fraternity. He was a member of the American and Kansas Bar associations.
He was a Presbyterian and an Army veteran of World War I. He was a member of the Indian Hills Country Club and the Pelican Yacht Club, Fort Pierce. He was born in Lovilia, Iowa, and lived in Parsons, Kan., before moving to this area in 1933. His wife, Ruth Burton Rice, died in 1968.
Survivors include four daughters, Ruth I Mitchell, Fort Pierce, Carlene V. Lind, Denver, Mary E. Wells, Fairway, and Grace L. Muder, Kansas City Kan.; a sister, Alice Blackwell, College Station, Texas; 20 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Butler & Son Chapel, 19th & Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City Kan.; burial in Highland Park Cemetery. Friends may call at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel. The family suggests contribution to the Williams Educational Fund in care of the KU Endowment Association.
Carl V. Rice
Carl V. Rice, 91, Kansas City Kan., a lawyer, business owner and former Democratic national committeeman from Kansas, died Aug. 11, 1989, at his daughter's home in Fort Pierce, Fla.
Mr. Rice was formerly a partner in the law firm of McDowell & Rice in Kansas City, Kan. He was regional counsel for the Reconstruction Finance Corp. in Kansas City from1933 to 1938 and was counsel for the Kansas State Department of Banking from 1937 to 1939.
He was a Democratic national committeeman from1944 to 1952 and was a Kansas highway commissioner from 1931 to 1933. He was appointed vice chairman of the Democratic state finance committee in Kansas in 1958 and served on the platform committees at the Democratic national conventions in 1932 and 1960.
Mr. Rice was president and chairman of the board of Pierce Industries, Inc., a holding company for manufacturing plants in six states, before he retired in 1961. He was also president of Sherold Crystals, Inc. in Kansas City, Sherwood Manufacturing Co. in Independence and Rice Investments in Kansas City, Kan. He was vice president of National Products and United Molding Inc. and Graham Tubular Specialties in Kansas City and the Missouri Diecasting Co., St. Louis. He served on the board of Rodar Leasing and was president of the Mission Groves Fruit Co., Fort Pierce.
He was a former member of the board of the Kansas City, Kan., Urban Renewal Commission and former chairman of the Wyandotte County Industrial Development Commission. He received the Kansas City, Kan., Area Chamber of Commerce's community citizenship citation in 1971.
Mr. Rice was a graduate of the University of Kansas law school, where he was an All-American and Amateur Athletic Union high jumper. He was named to KU's athletic hall of fame in 1984. He was a member of Delta Theta Phi professional fraternity. He was a member of the American and Kansas Bar associations.
He was a Presbyterian and an Army veteran of World War I. He was a member of the Indian Hills Country Club and the Pelican Yacht Club, Fort Pierce. He was born in Lovilia, Iowa, and lived in Parsons, Kan., before moving to this area in 1933. His wife, Ruth Burton Rice, died in 1968.
Survivors include four daughters, Ruth I Mitchell, Fort Pierce, Carlene V. Lind, Denver, Mary E. Wells, Fairway, and Grace L. Muder, Kansas City Kan.; a sister, Alice Blackwell, College Station, Texas; 20 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Butler & Son Chapel, 19th & Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City Kan.; burial in Highland Park Cemetery. Friends may call at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel. The family suggests contribution to the Williams Educational Fund in care of the KU Endowment Association.
Obituary from the Kansas City Star, August 12, 1989, page D7.
Carl V. Rice
Carl V. Rice, 91, Kansas City Kan., a lawyer, business owner and former Democratic national committeeman from Kansas, died Aug. 11, 1989, at his daughter's home in Fort Pierce, Fla.
Mr. Rice was formerly a partner in the law firm of McDowell & Rice in Kansas City, Kan. He was regional counsel for the Reconstruction Finance Corp. in Kansas City from1933 to 1938 and was counsel for the Kansas State Department of Banking from 1937 to 1939.
He was a Democratic national committeeman from1944 to 1952 and was a Kansas highway commissioner from 1931 to 1933. He was appointed vice chairman of the Democratic state finance committee in Kansas in 1958 and served on the platform committees at the Democratic national conventions in 1932 and 1960.
Mr. Rice was president and chairman of the board of Pierce Industries, Inc., a holding company for manufacturing plants in six states, before he retired in 1961. He was also president of Sherold Crystals, Inc. in Kansas City, Sherwood Manufacturing Co. in Independence and Rice Investments in Kansas City, Kan. He was vice president of National Products and United Molding Inc. and Graham Tubular Specialties in Kansas City and the Missouri Diecasting Co., St. Louis. He served on the board of Rodar Leasing and was president of the Mission Groves Fruit Co., Fort Pierce.
He was a former member of the board of the Kansas City, Kan., Urban Renewal Commission and former chairman of the Wyandotte County Industrial Development Commission. He received the Kansas City, Kan., Area Chamber of Commerce's community citizenship citation in 1971.
Mr. Rice was a graduate of the University of Kansas law school, where he was an All-American and Amateur Athletic Union high jumper. He was named to KU's athletic hall of fame in 1984. He was a member of Delta Theta Phi professional fraternity. He was a member of the American and Kansas Bar associations.
He was a Presbyterian and an Army veteran of World War I. He was a member of the Indian Hills Country Club and the Pelican Yacht Club, Fort Pierce. He was born in Lovilia, Iowa, and lived in Parsons, Kan., before moving to this area in 1933. His wife, Ruth Burton Rice, died in 1968.
Survivors include four daughters, Ruth I Mitchell, Fort Pierce, Carlene V. Lind, Denver, Mary E. Wells, Fairway, and Grace L. Muder, Kansas City Kan.; a sister, Alice Blackwell, College Station, Texas; 20 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Butler & Son Chapel, 19th & Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City Kan.; burial in Highland Park Cemetery. Friends may call at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel. The family suggests contribution to the Williams Educational Fund in care of the KU Endowment Association.
Carl V. Rice
Carl V. Rice, 91, Kansas City Kan., a lawyer, business owner and former Democratic national committeeman from Kansas, died Aug. 11, 1989, at his daughter's home in Fort Pierce, Fla.
Mr. Rice was formerly a partner in the law firm of McDowell & Rice in Kansas City, Kan. He was regional counsel for the Reconstruction Finance Corp. in Kansas City from1933 to 1938 and was counsel for the Kansas State Department of Banking from 1937 to 1939.
He was a Democratic national committeeman from1944 to 1952 and was a Kansas highway commissioner from 1931 to 1933. He was appointed vice chairman of the Democratic state finance committee in Kansas in 1958 and served on the platform committees at the Democratic national conventions in 1932 and 1960.
Mr. Rice was president and chairman of the board of Pierce Industries, Inc., a holding company for manufacturing plants in six states, before he retired in 1961. He was also president of Sherold Crystals, Inc. in Kansas City, Sherwood Manufacturing Co. in Independence and Rice Investments in Kansas City, Kan. He was vice president of National Products and United Molding Inc. and Graham Tubular Specialties in Kansas City and the Missouri Diecasting Co., St. Louis. He served on the board of Rodar Leasing and was president of the Mission Groves Fruit Co., Fort Pierce.
He was a former member of the board of the Kansas City, Kan., Urban Renewal Commission and former chairman of the Wyandotte County Industrial Development Commission. He received the Kansas City, Kan., Area Chamber of Commerce's community citizenship citation in 1971.
Mr. Rice was a graduate of the University of Kansas law school, where he was an All-American and Amateur Athletic Union high jumper. He was named to KU's athletic hall of fame in 1984. He was a member of Delta Theta Phi professional fraternity. He was a member of the American and Kansas Bar associations.
He was a Presbyterian and an Army veteran of World War I. He was a member of the Indian Hills Country Club and the Pelican Yacht Club, Fort Pierce. He was born in Lovilia, Iowa, and lived in Parsons, Kan., before moving to this area in 1933. His wife, Ruth Burton Rice, died in 1968.
Survivors include four daughters, Ruth I Mitchell, Fort Pierce, Carlene V. Lind, Denver, Mary E. Wells, Fairway, and Grace L. Muder, Kansas City Kan.; a sister, Alice Blackwell, College Station, Texas; 20 grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Butler & Son Chapel, 19th & Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City Kan.; burial in Highland Park Cemetery. Friends may call at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel. The family suggests contribution to the Williams Educational Fund in care of the KU Endowment Association.
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