RICE - WARREN H. - Northfield

September 25, 2008 11:14 pm




NORTHFIELD – Warren H. Rice, 58, passed away Monday, Jan. 15, 2007, at a Bangor hospital after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was born June 29, 1948, in Saco, the son of Virgil and Ruth (LePorte) Rice. He attended local schools including Washington Academy and later graduated from the University of Maine – Presque Isle. Warren served with both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy, and upon leaving the military he lived in Connecticut and Florida for many years before returning to Maine. Warren was an avid outdoorsman and loved working on his home, which he built with the help of family and friends. He could usually be found on his property cutting trees for firewood, gardening, working with his tools or walking with his beloved canine companion, Baxter. He was employed by the state of Maine as a corrections officer at the Downeast Correctional Facility, Bucks Harbor until his illness and was a member of The American Legion, Post 9 in Machias. Warren is survived by his loving partner and lifemate, Dale Munn, with whom he shared his home; his stepmother, Althea Rice of Presque Isle; two sisters, Sylvia and Paul Nadeau of Bowdoinham and Ruthann and Greg McNamee of Presque Isle; four brothers, David and Jae-Soon Rice of Daleville, Ala., Ronald and Betty Rice of Woodland, Robert and Rita Ann Rice of Presque Isle and Walter Rice, also of Presque Isle; by two stepsisters, Susan and Patty; and one stepbrother, James; several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by his mother, father; and by his son, Thomas W. Rice, the light of his life. A memorial service will be held in the spring. Details will be published at that time.