Elizabeth L. Eisner Rice
July 5, 1875-Feb. 6, 1961
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Monday, February 6, 1961, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
MRS. ELIZABETH L. RICE
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Rice, 85, 2594 Lakeshore Drive, died at 3:10 a.m. Today in Pawating Hospital where she had been a patient since Jan 14. She had been in failing health for one and a half years.
Mrs. Rice was born July 5, 1875, in London, England, and had lived here since she was three months old. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and the Whatsoever Class of the Church.
Surviving are: her husband, William C. Rice; a son, William P. Eisner, Niles; three step-children, Mrs. Walter Wood, Mrs. K.B. Schmidt and Roy Rice, all Niles; one grandson, Robert Eisner, Fremont;' one granddaughter, Elaine Eisner, and a brother, Herbert Pears, Niles.
Private funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Pifer Funeral Home with the Rev. John P. MacLachlan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
The casket is to remain closed, and it has been requested that flowers be omitted.