Heffron, Elizabeth

1874 - 1957  (82 years)

• Name	Heffron, Elizabeth  [1]
  Birth	12 Sep 1874	Stockton, Portage, Wisconsin, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Jan 1957	Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA   [1, 2]
  	Cause: cerebral hemorrhage
  Obituary	25 Jan 1957
  Stevens Point Daily Journal
  Mrs. Daniel S. Rice, widow of a prominent Stevens Point physician and surg eon, died suddenly at her residence, 1208 Wisconsin St., Thursday night. M rs. Rice had attended a concert at Pacelli High School Thursday evening a nd was brought home by a son, Dr. Maurice G. Rice. Her death is believ ed to have occurred shortly afterward. Her death was discovered this morni ng by a girl living in the same apartment building. Mrs. Rice, the form er Elizabeth Heffron, was born in the Town of Stockton on Sept. 12, 187 4, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Heffron. She attended loc al schools, including the Stevens Point Normal School, and taught in Porta ge County until her marriage on May 23, 1900. Her husband, a native of Bro wn County, came to Custer in 1897 and to Stevens Point two years late r. He practiced medicine here until his retirement because of ill heal th in 1932. Dr. Rice, who organized Council No. 1170, Knights of Columbu s, died on May 26, 1937. The couple's home here for many years was at 7 04 Main St. Mrs. Rice is survived by four daughters, Mrs. R. L. Jones, 2 06 Prais St., Mrs. Stuart Owens, Wisconsin Rapids, Mrs. Clark Gapen, River side, Ill., and Mrs. Robert A. Bablitch, 1108 Shaurette St.; a son, Dr. Ma urice G. Rice, Plover HIlls, and 24 grandchildren. She was preceded in dea th by a son, Dr. Rhody Rice, Stevens Point, who died in 1946, two other so ns who died in infancy, three brothers and three sisters. Mrs. Rice w as a member of St. Stephen's Catholic Church and its Altar Society; St. Ce celia's Court No. 185, Women's Catholic Order of Foresters, and the Cathol ic Woman's Club.Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Stephen 's Church, and burial will take place in the spring in the parish cemeter y. Friends may call at the Crosby Funeral Home at 7 p.m. Saturday. The Cat holic Woman's Club will say the Rosary at the funeral home at 7:30 p.m. Sa turday, the Women Foresters will recite the rosary Saturday at 8. WCOF mem bers will also attend the funeral services in a group. A general rosary wi ll be said at 8 p.m. Sunday. Stevens Point Daily Journal Stevens Point, WI Friday, January 25, 1957
  Burial	St. Stephen's Cemetery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I42593	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family	Rice, Daniel Stephen M.D.,   b. 4 Jun 1863, Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 28 May 1937, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1900	St. Stephen's Church, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin   [1, 3]
  	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)
  Family ID	F11989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2014

  
  

• Sources

  [S141] Gedcom import from BarbMiroRiceFamilt.FTW. [S11] Gedcom import from Denis & Lynn Verhagen2.FTW, volume 34, page 377. [S158] Portage County, Wisconsin Marriage Licenses, volume C, page 241, #60.