Kenneth Harrison Rice Jr

Kenneth Harrison Rice, Jr., 82, of Indianapolis, passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2016 at St. Vincent Hospice in Indianapolis. He was born on August 20, 1934 to Kenneth H. and Charlotte (Hamilton) Rice in Montague, Massachusetts. A proud New Englander, Ken is a graduate of Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts and Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He earned an MBA at Babson Institute in Boston in 1958.
After completing graduate school, Ken joined the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant and was stationed in Indianapolis at the Army Finance Center at Fort Benjamin Harrison where he met the love of his life, Marjorie Jones. Ken and Marjorie married in 1961 and welcomed their first child in 1962. An honorable discharge from the Army led to a career in commercial lending beginning at Merchants National Bank. Ken loved talking business with anyone who would listen. He retired as a Senior Vice President with National City Bank after over 30 years in banking.
Ken and Marjorie welcomed two more children over the years and proudly sent all three of them to Purdue University, where each of them met and married Purdue graduates.
Ken became a Christian as an adult, attending Geist Christian Church at Mud Creek for the last few years of his life. The family would like to thank GCC for their many prayers, cards, visits and acts of kindness during this time. He completed seven years of Bible Study Fellowship; and served on the advisory board for Salvation Army.
Ken will be forever remembered by family and friends as a voracious reader and great storyteller. He was an avid sailor from his youth. He loved all things Maine… a love he will shares with his entire family. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather; and he will be greatly missed by many.
He is survived by his wife, Marjorie Jones Rice; children, Stephanie Rice (James) Maxwell, Kenneth Harrison III (Amanda) Rice and Sarah Rice (David) Castor; sister, Rachel Rice Cook; and ten grandchildren, James 'Max' III, Elizabeth, Mary Charlotte ‘Charlie', Abigail, Elijah, Benjamin, Lauren, Tobias, Joshua and Isaiah.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, David Hamilton Rice.
Services will be held at 12:00 noon on Friday, October 28, 2016 at Geist Christian Church at Mud Creek, 8550 Mud Creek Road in Indianapolis with visitation beginning at 10:00 am. Burial with military rites will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
Memorial contributions may be made to JABU Africa, 47 South Pennsylvania Street, Suite 700, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204,Kenn http://jabuafrica.org.