Leona Mabel Herman1 
F, #36990, b. May 28, 1919, d. Nov 3, 2014
Family | Merrick Merle Rice b. Jan 25, 1910, d. May 3, 1991 | |
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| Birth* | May 28, 1919 | Leona Mabel Herman was born on May 28, 1919 at Brownington, Orleans County, Vermont, United States .1 |
| Marriage* | Mar 21, 1936 | She married Merrick Merle Rice on Mar 21, 1936 at Brownington, Orleans County, Vermont, United States.1 |
| Death* | Nov 3, 2014 | Leona Mabel Herman died on Nov 3, 2014, at age 95 at Newport, Orleans County, Vermont, United States.2 |
| Obituary | Nov 6, 2014 | OBITUARY: Leona M. Rice, 95, of Brownington, VT passed away on November 3, 2014 in Newport. She was born on May 28, 1919 in Brownington to Clyde and Mable (Marsh) Herman. On March 21, 1936 she married Merrick M. Rice who predeceased her in 1991. Leona enjoyed going to Home Dem meetings and was a member of the Ladies Christian Club and also was a member of the Brownington Village Church. When they were first married they ran a farm and when they done farming she worked for several families in the area. At one time she cooked meals for hot lunches in schools. She also enjoyed playing cards, making afghans which made prize possessions to family members in addition to ones that she sold and others that she gave away. Along with everything else she enjoyed playing board games and crossword puzzles. She is survived by her children: Linda Child, Robert Rice and his wife Laurie and Carla McCoy and her husband Peter all of Brownington, VT, by her grandchildren: Karen and Rick Marston of Naples, Maine, Wendy Child of Portland, Maine, Michael Child and his wife Melissa of Dover, NH, Sharey Rice and her friend Joseph Lund of Burke,VT, Adam Rice and his wife Yuka of Walden, VT, by 5 great grandchildren: Haley Hammond, Kasey Rice, Alexandria and Emily Child, and Cameron Rice-Lund. She is survived by her brother Willard Herman and his wife Nancy of Collinsville, CT, and by several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a brother Arnold, and by her sisters: Pauline Green and Velma Cook. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday November 7, 2014 at the Brownington Village Congregational Church with the Rev. Harvey Bartlett officiating. Friends may call at the Church on Friday November 7, 2014 from 10:00 A.M. until the hour of the funeral. Interment will follow in Irasburg Cemetery. Should friends desire, contributions in her memory may be made to the Brownington Village Congregational Church, 126 Parker ST, Brownington, VT 05860. On-line condolences at curtis-britch.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, locally family owned and operated. Published in The Newport Daily Express (VT) - Thursday, November 6, 2014.2 |
| Burial* | Nov 7, 2014 | She was buried on Nov 7, 2014 at Irasburg Cemetery, Irasburg, Orleans County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 138818456 Plot: 449, Row R 105b.3 |