Joseph Aaron "Joe" Rice, Jr.

1923 - 2018  (94 years)

• Name	Joseph Aaron "Joe" Rice
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	9 Jul 1923	Trinity Heights, Dallas, TX
  	Texas, Birth Certificates Name: Joseph Aaron Rice Jr Birth Date: 9 Jul 1923 Gender: Male Birth Place: Trinity Heights, Dallas, Texas, USA Father: Joseph Aaron Rice Father Birth Place: Grand View, Texas Mother: Anna Laura Cooper Mother Birth Place: Marshall, Texas Mother Residence: 6175 Britton Trinity Heights Texas Birth Index Name: Joseph Aaron Jr. Rice Date of Birth: 9 Jul 1923 Birth County: Dallas Certificate Number: 38088 Roll Number: 1923_0013
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jun 2018	Austin, Travis, TX
  	RICE Jr., Joseph A. Joseph (Joe) Aaron Rice, Jr. born in Dallas, Texas on July 9, 1923 to Joseph Aaron Rice, Sr. and Anne Laurie Cooper Rice died in Austin, Texas on June 1, 2018. He was predeceased by his wife, Nancy Hart Trolinger Rice, his parents and a brother, David Warren Rice. Joseph served in the US Army Air Corps and Air Force in World War II and the Korean War. Of his six years of wartime military service, he always said that the best things to come out of it were meeting Nancy during training in the Valley and his education obtained under G.I. Bill. After completing a degree at Southern Methodist University, he had a long career at Texas Instruments in Dallas and Austin, with a break to study at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary where he received a Masters' degree. Throughout his 94 years of life he remained intellectually curious and knowledgeable about topics as wide-ranging as space exploration, robotics, politics, and human behavior. His cooking and baking skills developed late in life inspired three generations of new bakers. He and his much loved wife of 72 years shared life in Dallas, McKinney, and Austin, Texas where they raised three daughters. He is survived by his brother, Eugene Stanford Rice (Loretta) and sister, Mary Aileen Rice Belken; three daughters, Dr. Mary Lynn Rice-Lively (Bob Lively), Suzanne Hart Rice Napier (Tom Napier), and Florence Anne Rice, as well as four equally adored grandchildren (Dr. Daniel Ratcliff and Shannon Ratcliff, Sarah Lively Hill, Max Snyder and Jenny Mitsuda, and Utah Snyder and Poppy Coles) and four great-grandchildren (Jonathan Beckett (Beck) Ratcliff, Gavin Elliot Ratcliff, Henry Fontaine Hill, and Olympia Hart Snyder.) The family wishes to thank Yoshie Takeuchi, Kindred Hospice, and the staff at Southpark Meadows Assisted Living and Memory Care for their attentive care of our father. In lieu of flowers, we request that friends and family honor his memory by making a gift to . Published in Austin American-Statesman on June 7, 2018
  Person ID	I1044	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2022

  
  

  Family	Nancy Hart Trolinger,   b. 13 Aug 1927, Mercedes, Hidalgo, TX d. 23 Apr 2018, Austin, Travis, TX (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	28 Dec 1945	Edinburg, Hidalgo, TX
  Children	1. Dr. Mary Lynn Trolinger Rice   2. Suzanne Hart Rice   3. Florence Anne Rice
  Family ID	F349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2016

  
  

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  Marriage - 28 Dec 1945 - Edinburg, Hidalgo, TX Death - 1 Jun 2018 - Austin, Travis, TX  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records Name: Joseph A S Rice Race: White Marital Status: Single, without dependents (Single) Rank: Private Birth Year: 1923 Nativity State or Country: Texas Citizenship: Citizen Residence: Dallas, Texas Education: 4 years of high school Civil Occupation: Stock clerks Enlistment Date: 13 Apr 1942 Service Number: 18083266 Branch: Air Corps Component: Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of Source: Civil Life Height: 71 Weight: 142 U.S. Public Records Index Name: Joseph A Rice Jr Birth Date: 9 Jul 1923 Address: 520 W Hunt St, Mc Kinney, TX, 75069-3837