Vinson Arthur Rice 1 4 5 6
- Born: 5 March 1904, Rock Elm Township, Pierce County, WI 1 4 5 6
- Marriage (1): Francis Martha Jenks about 1926 1
- Marriage (2): Lena Louise Hanson on 12 November 1938 in Winona, MN 2 3 4 5
- Died: 4 March 1982, Winona, MN at age 77 6 7
- Buried: 6 March 1982, Winona, MN 7
 Death Notes:
Age: 78
Name: Vinson Rice
Birth Date: 05 Mar 1904
State: Wisconsin
Last Place of Residence: Winona, Minnesota
Previous Residence Postal Code: 55987
Event Date: Mar 1982
Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1XZ-VJD : 19 May 2014), Vinson Rice, Mar 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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Noted events in his life were:
• He worked as a Carpenter, Motel Owner. 7
• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Union Township, Pierce County, WI on 7 April 1930. 1
1930 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 27, Dwelling 34, Family 36, Roll 2604
Union Township, Pierce County, Wisconsin
House rented
Vincent Rice..Head..26..WI..Merchant
(Living with 1st wife and son.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Winona, MN on 9 April 1940. 4
1940 US Census
Sheet 8B, Roll 1969, District 85-30A, Family 170
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
618 West Howard Street; house rented $18
same place in 1935
Vincent Rice..Head..35..WI..9th grade..Carpenter, Building Construction..worked 48 hours in previous week..worked 26 weeks last year..earned $800 in 1939
(Living with 2nd wife and 6 step-children.)
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• 1950 US Census: 10 April 1950, in Winona, MN. 5 District 85-37, Family 113, Page 12,13
Winona, Winona, Minnesota
1603 North Fifth Street
Vinson A. Rice..Head..46..WI..Proprietor, Trailor Park Tourist Cabins
(Living with wife, 3 step-children, and 1 step-granddaughter)
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• He was buried on 6 March 1982 in the Saint Mary's Cemetery in Winona, MN.
Find A Grave Memorial #104938292
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• His obituary was published in the Winona Daily News on 6 March 1982 in Winona, MN.
Vinson A. Rice, 77, a resident of Watkins United Methodist Home, died Thursday (March 4, 1982) at Community Memorial Hospital.
He was the former owner and operator of the West End Cabins and Trailer Court, Winona, and the Hillcrest Motel, Alma, Wisconsin.
Born March 5, 1904, in Rock Elm, Wisconsin, to Arthur and Minnie Deering Rice, he lived in Winona the past 45 years. He married Lena Hanson Drugan in 1938. She died March 1, 1980.
He was a member of the Central Lutheran Church and Winona Aerie 1243, Fraternal Order of the Eagles.
Survivors include: a son, Lauren, Pleasanton, California; three stepsons, David G. Drugan, Winona, John L. Drugan, Warren, Mich., and William P. Drugan, Colorado Springs, Col.; three stepdaughters, Mrs. William (Bernice) Petrasek, Highlands, NJ, Mrs. David (Ruth) Gilpin, Springfield, Illinois, and Mrs. Robert (Martha) Westphal, Winona; a brother, Wayne, Springfield, Wisconsin.; and two sisters Mrs. Guy (Lucille) Lostattler, Plum City, Wisconsin., and Mrs. Fred (Laberta) Mason, Plainview. His wife, two brothers and a sister have died.
Funeral services will be at 11 AM Monday at Fawcett Funeral Home, the Rev. Steven Kramer officiating. Burial will be in Saint Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 2 to 4 PM and 7 to 9 P. M. and Monday until services.
Robert and Daniel Westphal, Frank Lightfoot Jr, and John, David, and William Drugan will serve as pallbearers.
(Source: Winona Daily News, Winona, Minnesota, Saturday, 6 Mar 1982, page 6)
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Vinson married Francis Martha Jenks about 1926.1 (Francis Martha Jenks was born in 1906 in North Dakota 1 and died on 25 August 1992.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Union Township, Pierce County, WI on 7 April 1930. 1
1930 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 27, Dwelling 34, Family 36, Roll 2604
Union Township, Pierce County, Wisconsin
House rented
Vincent Rice..Head..26..WI..Merchant
Frances Rice..Wife..23..ND
Lauren Rice..Son..2..WI
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Vinson next married Lena Louise Hanson, daughter of Lars Syversen Hanson and Helena Catherine Kramer, on 12 November 1938 in Winona, MN.2 4 5 7 (Lena Louise Hanson was born on 19 March 1894 in Trempealeau, WI,4 5 7 9 10 11 12 13 died on 1 March 1980 in La Crosse, WI 7 13 14 and was buried on 4 March 1980 in Saint Marys Cemetery, Winona, MN 12.). The cause of her death was Cardio respiratory failure.
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They resided at 618 West Howard Street November 1938 to April 1940 in Winona, MN.
A Winona newspaper article dated Feb 1939 about David Drugan's appendicitis gave this address.
• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Winona, MN on 9 April 1940. 4
1940 US Census
Sheet 8B, Roll 1969, District 85-30A, Family 170
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota
618 West Howard Street; house rented $18
same place in 1935
Vincent Rice..Head..35..WI..9th grade..Carpenter, Building Construction..worked 48 hours in previous week..worked 26 weeks last year..earned $800 in 1939
Leana Rice..Wife..45..WI..12th grade..Seamstress, Garmet Factory..seeking work for past 12 weeks..earned $0 in 1939
Bernice Drugan..Dau..25..MN..11th grade..Sales Clerk, Retail Store..worked 8 hours in previous week..worked 52 weeks last year..earned $780 in 1939
David Drugan..Son..21..MN..12th grade..Common Laborer, Road Construction..seeking work for 105 weeks..worked 52 weeks last year..earned $680 in 1939
Ruth Drugan..Dau..18..MN..12th grade
Martha Drugan..Dau..16..MN..10th grade
John Drugan..Son..15..MN..8th grade
William Drugan..Son..11..MN..4th grade
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• They resided at 253 Olmstead Street February 1941 to June 1944 in Winona, MN.
Winona newspaper articles about David Drugan's military career and a marriage announcement for Bernice Drugan gave this address.
• They resided in Baraboo, WI February 1945 to June 1945.
A Winona, MN newspaper article about David Drugan's impending discharge from the military indicated their address as Baraboo.
• They resided at 1603 West Fifth Street November 1945 to May 1955 in Winona, MN.
This was the West End Cabins. Newspaper wedding announcements for William and John Drugan said parents lived at this address. Vinson Rice sold the West End Cabins in May 1955 to John N. Quinlan.
• 1950 US Census: 10 April 1950, in Winona, MN. 5 District 85-37, Family 113, Page 12,13
Winona, Winona, Minnesota
1603 North Fifth Street
Vinson A. Rice..Head..46..WI..Proprietor, Trailor Park Tourist Cabins
Lena L. Rice..Wife..56..WI..Proprietress, Trailor Park Tourist Camp
Ruth M. Drugan..Stepdaughter..28..MN..Divorced
John L. Drugan..Stepson..24..MN
William P. Drugan.Stepson..20..MN
Cheryl L. Miller..6..Step-Granddaughter..CA
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• Photo: Abt 1955, Winona, MN.
• They resided at Madeline Island Jun 1955 to Sep1958 in La Pointe, WI.
Large house with 14 rooms. Used in summer only. In the winter time, they went to California staying with the Westphals and Lightfoots. Supposed stayed at Madeline Island a total of 5 years.
• They resided at 935 40th Avenue October 1961 to 1964 in Goodview, MN.
Whitey Rice purchased two houses that had to be moved for the expansion of Winona State College and moved them both to Goodview. He sold one and lived in the one at this address. For several years, Frank Lightfoot Jr. also lived there while he was attending Winona State.
• They resided at Hillcrest Motel about 1966-January 1968 in Alma, WI.
• They resided in Durand, WI January 1968 to March 1968.
Lived here only 3 months.
• They resided at 47 North Street April 1968 to June 1969 in Fountain City, WI.
• They resided in Trempealeau, WI July 1969 to November 1969.
I'm not sure if they actually moved to Trempealeau but an article in the Winona, MN newspaper mentioned visits by Norris Northup to Lena Rice who had moved to Trempealeau "this summer".
• They resided in Fountain City, WI in April 1974.
• They resided in Cochrane, WI in April 1976.
• They resided in La Crescent, MN in March 1980.
This location was given in the obituary for Lena.
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Marriage Notes:
Announcement was made today of the marriage of Mrs. Lena L. Drugan, 618 West Howard Street, daughter of Mrs. Louis Hanson, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, to Vinson A. Rice, Winona, son of Mrs. Martha Rice, Plum City, Wisconsin. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. L. Mennicke at the St. Matthew's Lutheran Church last Saturday morning. Attendants were Miss Margaret Drugan, daughter of the bride, and Clair Weir. Mr. and Mrs. Rice are now making their home in Winona where Mr. Rice is employed at Froedtert Grain and Malting Company plant. Showers were given last week for Mrs. Rice at her home.
Guests were the Mesdames Michael Sonsalla, O. W. DuBois, Joseph Hamernik, Bert Sherman, Mary Blank, Arthur Squires, Walter Nelson, August Schutz, Marie Voss, Frank Renswick, Florence Besaw, Stella Kochta, Ida Helgamoe, Lillian Mochling, Randolph Karsten, Alvin Danielson, Rex Wilbright, Verna Helwig, and Leonard Helgamoe, the Misses Lois Strum, Meta Steuernagel, Edna Helgamoe, Delores Borland, Bernice Drugan, and Margaret Drugtan. Out-of-town guests were Mrs. Eli Motchenbacher, Onalaska, and Mrs. Lewis Hanson, Mrs. Edward Drugan, Mrs. Leo Drugan, and Mrs. Swen Newfeldt, Trempealeau, Wis.
(Source: Winona Republican-Herald, 18 Nov 1938, Page 6)
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