Rice, Daniel Stephen M.D.

1863 - 1937  (73 years)    Has 8 ancestors and 39 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Rice, Daniel Stephen  [1, 2]
  Suffix	M.D.
  Born	4 Jun 1863	Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  1900 Census	1900  [2]
  Stevens Point, WI (Portage Co.), at 112 Division St. (1900 census), and at 704 Main St. (1920 census)
  1920 Census	1920	Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA
  Stevens Point at 704 Mains st.
  Died	28 May 1937	Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA   [2, 3]
  Cause: cerebral hemorrhage, coma
  Obituary	29 May 1937
  Stevens Point Daily Journal
  DEATH CLAIMS DR. D. S. RICE AT AGE OF 73 Veteran Stevens Point Physician Passes Away at The Family Home Dr. Daniel S. Rice, 73, a well-known practicing physician and surgeon in S tevens Point for many years and organizer of Council No. 3170, Knigh ts of Columbus, died Wednesday night at 8:15 o'clock at his home at 704 Ma in street. He suffered a stroke of paralysis in November 1932, at which t ime he retired from practice, and had been in ill health since. Dr. Ri ce had another stroke last March 8 and was confined in bed most of the ti me until his death. Native of Brown CountyBorn on June 4, 1863, at Morrison, Brown County, Dr. Rice was a son of t he late John and Mary Rice, pioneer residents of Brown County, who locat ed there in 1855. He received his early education in the public schoo ls of that county and attended St. Francis' Seminary near Milwaukee. D r. Rice then entered college at Valparaiso, Indiana, and upon completi on of his education taught school in Brown county for a time, later bei ng elected county superintendent of schools of Brown county. After servi ng the county in this capacity for six years he entered the College of Phy sicians and Surgeons at Chicago, from which he was graduated on April 2 0, 1897. Began Practice at CusterFollowing his graduation he came to Portage county and began his practi ce of medicine at Custer. After serving that community for two year s, he established an office in Stevens Point in 1899 and practiced here co ntinuously until his retirement five years ago. His marriage to Miss Eliz abeth Heffron of Stevens Point, took place on May 23, 1900.Prior to his retirement, Dr. Rice was a member of the hospital staff of S t. Michael's Hospital. He was also a member of the Portage County Medic al society and the Wisconsin State Medical society. As organizer of the l ocal Knights of Columbus court 28 years ago he was a charter member and se rved as its first grand knight. In honor of Dr. Rice a class of candidat es was initiated into the council a year ago and was named the D. S. Ri ce class. Since coming to Stevens Point almost 40 years ago, Dr. Rice w as an active member of St. Stephen's church and a devout member of its Ho ly Name society. He also was a member of St. Stephen's court of Forester s, No. 258. Those Who SurviveSurviving are his wife; two sons, Dr. Rhode Rice, a practicing Stevens Poi nt physician, and Dr. Maurice Rice, a member of the hospital staff of Wisc onsin General hospital at Madison; four daughters, Mrs. Richard Jones, 2 06 Prais street, Miss Madeline Rice, a member of the Stevens Point High sc hool faculty, Miss Betty Rice, employed at the Portage county pension dep artment in Stevens Point, and Miss Ruth Rice, a student technician at Wisc onsin General hospital; four brothers, Rev. William J. Rice, a former past or of St. Stephen's church from 1893 to 1920 and now chaplain at Mercy hos pital at Oshkosh, Dr. E. M. Rice of Milwaukee, and Matt and John Rice of G reenleaf, Wisconsin; a sister, Miss Molly Rice of Greenleaf and four grand children. Funeral SaturdayFuneral services will be held Saturday morning with a solemn high mass cel ebrated at St. Stephen's church. Burial will follow in St. Stephen's ceme tery. The body is at the Crosby funeral home where it will remain until t he time of the funeral.
  Buried	7 Jun 1937	St. Stephen's Cemetery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I17990	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Rice, John,   b. 1 Oct 1818, Gurteen, County Tipperary, Ireland ,   d. 9 Apr 1895, , Brown County, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	O'Meara, Mary,   b. 23 Dec 1836, Redwood Castle, County Tipperary, Ireland ,   d. 29 Oct 1931, Morrison, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F7222	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Heffron, Elizabeth,   b. 12 Sep 1874, Stockton, Portage, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 24 Jan 1957, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	23 May 1900	St. Stephen's Church, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin   [2, 5]
  witnessed by Dr. R. H. Rice and Nora Heffron
  Children	+ 1. Rice, Rhody W.,   b. 15 Mar 1901, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 25 Jun 1946, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 45 years) + 2. Rice, Evelyn Marie,   b. 31 Mar 1904, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 19 Mar 1991, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 86 years) + 3. Rice, Maurice Gregory,   b. 1 Jan 1907, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 9 Sep 1991, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 84 years) + 4. Rice, Madeline Jeanne,   b. 24 Sep 1911, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 6 Jul 1985, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 73 years) + 5. Rice, Agnes Elizabeth,   b. 20 Jan 1914, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 14 Jul 1995, Riverside, Cook, Illinois, USA  (Age 81 years) + 6. Rice, Ruth Eleanor,   b. 11 Mar 1916, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 20 Mar 1995, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2014
  Family ID	F11989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 4 Jun 1863 - Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Married - 23 May 1900 - St. Stephen's Church, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin 1920 Census - 1920 - Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA Died - Cause: cerebral hemorrhage, coma - 28 May 1937 - Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA Buried - 7 Jun 1937 - St. Stephen's Cemetery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Rice, Dr. Daniel S.

  
  

• Sources

  [S158] Portage County, Wisconsin Marriage Licenses, volumr 23, page 250. [S141] Gedcom import from BarbMiroRiceFamilt.FTW. [S11] Gedcom import from Denis & Lynn Verhagen2.FTW, volume 23, page 250, #76. [S384] Stevens Point Daily Journal, Thursday, May 27, 1937. [S158] Portage County, Wisconsin Marriage Licenses, volume C, page 241, #60.