Craig Allen Rice

1965 - 1969  (3 years)

• Name	Craig Allen Rice
  Birth	21 Sep 1965
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	176336211
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  _UID	968EDE5EFB39452694C3E7EC6BB6801DE7C1
  Death	21 Jun 1969	Athens, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States
  	Battle Creek (MI) Enquirer Sunday, June 22, 1969 Athens boy killed in farm accident ATHENS -- Craig Allen Rice, 3 1/2 years old, was dead on arrival at a local doctor's office at 7 p.m. Saturday after he had been run over by a fertilizer spreader attached to a pick-up truck operated by his father, Richard Russell Rice. The accident happened on the family farm on 6 Mil Road. The vehicles were being backed at the time, according to State Police from the Tekonsha Post who investigated. The child's chest was crushed. Craig, who would have been four years old Sept. 21, is survived by his parents, Richard and Eva May (Baird) Rice; brothers, Richard Lee, 6 and Garry Russell, 5; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Baird of 821 Allen, Ypsilanti and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lloyd Pyke of 830 E. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek. Services will be 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Spencer Funeral home, the Rev. Gerald Thompson of Trinity Lutheran Church, Battle Creek; burial in Riverside Cemetery, Bellevue. Battle Creek (MI) Enquirer Monday, June 23, 1969 Craig Allan[sic] Rice ATHENS -- Services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Spencer Funeral Home for Craig Allan[sic] Rice, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rice, of 6 Mile Road. Craig was crushed in a farm accident Saturday evening. The Rev. Gerald Thompson, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Battle Creek, will officiate and burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Bellevue. Surviving besides his parents are brothers, Richard and Gary at home. RICE, CRAIG ALLEN. Friends may call at the Spencer Funeral Home in Athens, where services will be held 3 p.m. Tuesday, Rev. Gerald Thompson officiating. Interment Riverside Cemetery, Bellevue.
  Burial	Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan, United States
  Person ID	I60739	Lanark County Origins | This is my Maternal LIneage
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Richard R. Rice,   b. 26 Feb 1939, Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan, United States d. 8 May 2009, Athens, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Eva May Baird,   b. 8 Sep 1938, Ann Arbour, Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States d. 8 May 2001, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1962	Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States
  Family ID	F21223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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