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Vivian Lucille Rice

Female 1918 - 2010  (92 years)


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  • Name Vivian Lucille Rice 
    Born 2 Nov 1918  Chappell, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 10 Dec 2010  Chappell, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Chappell Cemetery, Chappell, Deuel County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18439  Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2016 

    Father William Howard Rice,   b. 17 Jan 1894, Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1962, Ovid, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Elvira Sterns,   b. 18 May 1892, Morton Mills, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1977  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F8621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Kenneth Groves,   b. 18 Apr 1919, Chappell, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 2002, Sidney, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 22 Nov 1938  Wray, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary L. Groves,   d. 2003
     2. Marcia Groves
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F8627  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Nov 1918 - Chappell, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Nov 1938 - Wray, Colorado, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Dec 2010 - Chappell, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Chappell Cemetery, Chappell, Deuel County, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Census
    1920 US Census
    1920 US Census
    Chappell, Deuel County, Nebraska
    1930 US Census
    1930 US Census
    Sedgwick County, Colorado
    1940 US Census
    1940 US Census
    Chappell, Deuel County, Nebraska

  • Notes 
    • Vivian Groves, 92 of Chappell, Nebraska died early Friday morning, December 10, 2010 at the Miller Memorial Care Center in Chappell.

      Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 14, 2010 in the Chappell United Methodist Church with Pastor Ezekiel Koech officiating. Burial will follow in the Chappell Cemetery.

      Vivian was born on November 2, 1918 to William Howard and Elva E. (Sterns) Rice on a farm southeast of Chappell, Nebraska. She was raised on a farm north of Ovid, Colorado. She attended the Ovid public schools and was the salutatorian of the 1937 graduating class at Ovid High School. After high school, Vivian went to work as a librarian in the Ovid Library through the W.P.A.

      On November 22, 1938 she married John Kenneth Groves in Wray, Colorado. The couple lived in the Goodview area for five years. Then in 1943, they bought her father-in-law's farm where she and her husband raised their two daughters. In 2002 her husband passed away and in 2003 her oldest daughter passed away.

      Vivian was a member of the Chappell United Methodist Church for over 50 years, receiving her certificate in 2004 and was a member of the Luceba Chapter #220 of the Order of the Eastern Star for over 50 years receiving her pin in 2001. She also had been a member of the Social Hour Extension Club when she was younger. She loved to knit, make hooked rugs, read and do puzzles.

      Survivors include one daughter, Marcia Groves of Chappell, NE and several nieces and nephews.

      She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother William Clinton Rice, her husband, and one daughter Mary L. Groves