Betty J. Fordice Rice Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Betty J. Fordice Rice in Evansville, Indiana, who passed away on January 26, 2021, at the age of 90, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was loved and cherished by many people including: her parents, Rudolph Guilliams Fordice and Mary Ann Smiley Fordice; her husband David L. Rice; her children, Denise Rice Dawson (Greg) of York, Pennsylvania and Dr. Michael A. Rice (Mary) of Indianapolis; her grandchildren, Clinton Dawson Ph, Kaitlin Rice Prinsen M. D. (Andrew), Abigail Rice Haste M. D. (Paul), Jill M. Rice (Matt), Mitchell A. Rice and Anna A. Rice; her great grandchildren, Carter G. Haste, Adalai J. Prinsen, Eleanor J. Haste, Bennett A. Prinsen and Emerson L. Haste; and her siblings, Maurice Smiley Fordice, Richard Dean Fordice, Jacob Carroll Fordice, Carolyn Sue Fordice and Nancy Lou Fordice Harbison.
Because of the pandemic, she will be laid to rest privately by her family.
When the University of Southern Indiana Foundation built and donated the University Home in 1983 as the official residence of the first family, Mrs. Rice was instrumental in the planning, design, and decorating of the home. She never forgot that community donations provided the Home, and she graciously and generously opened it to many community organizations while the first family lived there.
