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Obituary for Earl V. Rice

Earl V.  Rice
Earl V. Rice, 92, of Lititz, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2016, at the Lebanon VA Hospital.

He was born in Lancaster to the late Thomas and Hallie (Slabach) Rice and was the husband of the late Betty Jane (Haines) Rice, who died in 2011.

He was a veteran of WWII serving in the Army, 11th Airborne Division. While serving he was wounded in Luzon, Phillipines and witnessed Gen. MacArthur arriving at Leyte Island where the General gave his radio broadcast declaring to the Phillipine people, "I have returned."
He attended Grace Point Church of the Nazarene, Ephrata, and was a member of the VFW and American Legion in Lititz, the Newmanstown Athletic Association and the Manheim Historical Society. He enjoyed watching and feeding the birds and squirrels in his backyard, playing billards, was an avid sports enthusiast, loved being involved at the Lititz Senior Center and his favorite past time was playing pinochle. Earl worked at Penn Dairies before and after his military service, he then became a truck driver for numerous trucking firms, including Interstate and ABF, retiring in 1996. From there, he worked for Manheim Auto Auction, where he cherished his extended family at MAA where he was employed until May 2015.

Earl is survived by son, Dale, husband of Bonnie (Yeakel) Rice of Lititz; 3 daughters, Andrea, wife of Lincoln Longstaff of Everett, Tobye, wife of James Satterwhite of Lititz, Kelley, wife of Brian Hollow of Lititz; 10 grandchildren and 3 step grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren and 5 step great grandchildren; 2 brothers, Charles Rice of Lebanon, John Rice of Lancaster; 3 sister in laws, Thelma Buchter of Lititz, Marlene Haines of Lititz, Helen Rettew of Manheim.

Earl was preceded in death by 3 sisters, Esther, Reba and Ruth; and 1 granddaughter.

A viewing will be held on Friday, February 5, 2016, from 6 to 8 pm at the Stradling Funeral Home, 30 N. 9th St., Akron, and on Saturday, February 6, 2016, from 10 to 11 am, at Grace Point Church of the Nazarene, 110 Durlach Road, Ephrata, followed by his funeral service at 11 am, with Pastor Rocky Hambrick officiating. Interment will take place in the Brunnerville United Methodist Cemetery.

Kindly omit flowers.

Memorial contributions in Earl 's memory may be made to Grace Point Church of the Nazarene, 110 Durlach Rd., Ephrata, PA 17522, the Manheim Historical Society, 210 S. Charlotte St., Manheim, PA 17545 or the Lititz American Legion, 109 N. Broad St., Lititz, PA 17543.

Arrangements by Stradling Funeral Homes, Inc., Akron/Ephrata.

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