Lauren Vinson Rice ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

MAN BADLY BURNED IN HOUSE FIRE REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION

PLEASANTON. Doctors say a man injured in a Pleasanton house fire Friday remains in critical condition. Lauren Rice, 68, suffered third-degree burns over 40 percent of his body when his house on the 600 block of Neal Street caught fire about 9:30 p.m. He was taken to Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley, where he remains in critical condition. Hospital spokeswoman Alex Hardy said Rice, who has emphysema, is suffering from a severe inhalation injury.

(Source: Valley Times , Pleasanton, CA, 7 Apr 1996, p A05)
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  Death Notes:

SSDI:
Age: 69
Name: Lauren V Rice
Birth Date: 20 Aug 1927
State: North Dakota
Last Place of Residence: Pleasanton, Alameda, California
Previous Residence Postal Code: 94566
Event Date: 07 Apr 1996

Citing this Record
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5H7-52L : 20 May 2014), Lauren V Rice, 07 Apr 1996; 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:

1. Military.
Merchant Marines, US Air Force

2. Occupation: Glazier / Glass Shop Owner.

3. 1930 US Census, 7 April 1930, Union Township, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States. ¹ 1930 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 27, Dwelling 34, Family 36, Roll 2604
Union Township, Pierce County, Wisconsin
House rented
Lauren Rice..Son..2..WI

Lauren married Theresa Ann George, daughter of Emil George and Clara D., on 14 February 1949. (Theresa Ann George was born on 19 September 1928 in Arcadia, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States ^{3 4} and died on 25 February 2002 in Citrus Heights, Sacramento, California, United States ⁴.)