Clarence Gibson Rice

Clarence G. Rice, 91, a resident of Hillsboro community died Monday afternoon April 21, 2014 in Hillsboro surrounded by family and friends.
Memorial Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, April 28, 2014 at the Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Church (Old Scotch Church on NW Old Scotch Church Rd in Hillsboro)
Graveside services have been held at Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Cemetery
Clarence was born on May 27, 1922 in Hillsboro, OR He was the youngest of three children born to William E and Helena S. (Johnson) Rice. He was raised on the family farm off Glencoe Rd in Hillsboro. He attended Shady Brooke Elementary School and Hillsboro union High School graduating with the Class of 1940. Following High School Clarence worked in Hillsboro .
He enlisted into the US Army Air Corp in 1942 and served his country as a Airplane Mechanic in the South Pacific. He was honorably discharged in 1946 as a Corporal.
Clarence met his wife, Dona belle Canutt through mutual friends and they were married on March 21, 1948 in Portland, OR. They made their home on the Rice family farm off of Glencoe Rd in Hillsboro. Dona belle died in 1976 and in 1979 Clarence moved to their retirement home on Bald Peak. He met Thelma (Lilly) Pritchard while in high school and renewed their friendship through a mutual friend in 1980. They were married in February 1985 in Hillsboro and made their home on Bald Peak in Hillsboro. They moved to Cornell Estates in 2010/
He was a farmer and raised corn, onions, grains and hogs on the family farm. Clarence also was employed as a warehouseman for Termicold  until his retirement in 1984
He enjoyed gardening, telling stories and cooking. He was part of a competitive shooting team and had won several national titles. He had also enjoyed traveling with his wife, Thelma, visiting Canada, family in the mid west and had also wintered at the Salten Sea in California for ten years. Clarence was a active member of the Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Church and had served on several positions.
He is preceded in death by his wife; Dona belle, two sons; John W. and James C. rice, his parents and two siblings; Richard L. Rice and Helena Faith Christianson.
He is survived by his loving wife; Thelma of the family home, five children and their spouses; Richard and Jill Rice of Powell, WY, Kathryn and Michael Gillespie of Carleton, OR, Sally and Tom Holloway of Cornelius, OR, Elizabeth Rice of Hillsboro, OR, Randal Otto Rice and Heidi Lancaster-Rice both of Ridgefield, WA, and a stepdaughter and her husband, Sharon and Bill Wise of Cornelius, OR, five grandchildren, six great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. He also left behind his beloved dog;Hydee and two cats; Sam and Oscar
The family suggest donations in Clarence's name to the Tualatin Plains Presbyterian Church, New Land Fund.