The Topeka Daily Capital Monday January 17, 1966 George Rice, 87, of Meriden Dies. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Meriden Evangelical United Brethren Church for George C. RICE, 87, Meriden, who died Saturday in a Topeka hospital. He underwent surgery earlier this month and later suffered a heart attack. He was born Jan. 19, 1878 at Grantville and spent most of his life in the Grantville and Meriden communities. He was a farmer. He and his wife, Ella, were married Jan. 14, 1914. A son, Clarence Rice, died in 1944, in France, during World War II. Besides his wife, survivors include two sons, Shirley Rice, Horton, and Norris Rice, Meriden; two daughters, Mrs. Grace PARKS, Port Richey, Fla., and Mrs. Edna FANNING, Meriden; and 10 grandchildren. Burial will be in Grantville Cemetery. Mr. Rice will lie in state until noon Tuesday at Davidson-Eslinger-Duff Funeral Home.