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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Rev.
4 Dean P. Rice of Chicago on December 14, 2003; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Father Rice's 45-year tenure as rector of The
6 Church of the Atonement set the record for the longest-held
7 post in the Chicago Episcopal Diocese; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Father Rice was born in 1932 to a Methodist family
9 in Danville; he graduated from Georgetown High School in 1950;
10 three years later, he received a bachelor's degree from
11 Millikin University in Decatur; and
 
12     WHEREAS, He received a master of divinity degree from
13 Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, an Episcopal seminary in
14 Evanston in 1956; in 1958, he was installed as rector of The
15 Episcopal Church of the Atonement, where he stayed until June
16 of this year; and
 
17     WHEREAS, In the 1970s, when the church's Hispanic
18 congregation began to grow, Father Rice helped establish The
19 Parent-Child Latino Center, which offered social services with
20 an emphasis on education; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Out of this ministry grew St. Augustine's College,
22 which moved out of the church in 1979, the same year the
23 Hispanic congregation formed the Mission of Cristo Rey; Father
24 Rice served on St. Augustine's governing board from 1980 to
25 1988; and
 
26     WHEREAS, Father Rice was a board member and part owner of
27 Paxton Wholesale Grocery Co., a family-owned business in
28 southern Illinois; he also traveled extensively and boasted a
29 collection of crystal; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, The passing of Father Rice will be deeply felt by
2 many, especially his niece, Nanette Rice Mellen; and his
3 nephew, James M. Rice; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
6 mourn the passing of Rev. Dean P. Rice along with all who knew
7 and loved him and extend our sincere condolences to his family,
8 friends, and community; and be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Rev. Dean P. Rice as an expression
11 of our deepest sympathy.