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► • . . * •* ‘ *. • f rJohn Rice was bornVin Royner township, Black, ^aw^'coiihty, Iowa, August 15, 1890, and lt;3ied May 1, 1904, at the age of 13 years 8 months and 16 days, from complications following measlesand scarletina./.He was baptized at Raymond, Iowa, September 30, 1894, by Rev. W. E. McCormae, according to the discipline and usages of the Methodist Episcopal church.He had grown from the child up to the sturdy lad of nearly 14. Every* one in the community knew him as a bright manly boy. He was always a dutiful son, obeying his parents and helping to bear the burdens of those around him. He had a kind and cheerful disposition and among his many playmates and friends, whom he had made at school and elsewhere, hemade lasting friendships, and had no enemies.He gave promise of a strong young manhood, and it seems sad Indeed that he should be thus untimely cut down in his youth, by the cold hand of death, when all the great possibilities of life were just beginning to open for hjm to realize and enjoy. But God’s will be done. He knoweth best. And in His own good time He cometh.His brief life, though it be brought to us through a vale of tears and sorrow, is an inspiration for as to strive to emulate his virtues—to live better lives. And although he has gone from among us, we will cherish his memory green in our hearts forever***
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Semi Weekly Iowa State Reporter
Waterloo, Iowa, US
Fri, May 06, 1904
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