Barbara Rice daughter of the late Homer Montgomery and Imogene Malone Montgomery was born on July 13, 1943 in Bloomfield, Missouri and departed this life on May 12, 2024 at the Prairie View Skilled Nursing Home in Bloomfield at the age of 80.
Mrs. Rice worked as the secretary to the principal for Bloomfield Elementary Public School and was a member of Trinity Methodist Church in Bloomfield. She enjoyed playing cards with “The Golfers”. She loved all things Bloomfield and could be found supporting the Wildcats every time they had an event. She was a member of the Bloomfield Alumni Association. She was the definition of a social butterfly and absolutely loved people.
On May 27, 1961 she was united in marriage to Kenneth Dale Rice in Aquilla, Missouri. Mr. Rice preceded her in death on July 3, 1998.
She is survived by her son Loyd Rice and wife Heather of Bloomfield, Missouri; by her daughters, Rhonda Stogsdill and husband Rusty of Bloomfield, Missouri, Tammy Sells of Dexter, Missouri and Jennifer Hampton of Dexter, Missouri; by seven grandchildren, Jake Rice and fiancé Morgan, Joe Rice and wife Maycie, James Rice, Drew Shipman and wife Lynn, Joey Guiling and wife Kara, Chris Guiling and wife Pam, and Madilyn Hampton; and by eight great-grandchildren, Miles Shipman, Kennedy Shipman, Tanner Guiling, Chase Guiling, Levi Guiling, Reagan Guiling, Will Guiling and Addie Guiling.
Other than by her husband and parents she was preceded in death by her brother, Joe Montgomery, and by twin grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on Monday, May 13, 2024 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the Trinity Methodist Church in Bloomfield. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Trinity Methodist Church in Bloomfield with Dale Rogers and Steve Koerner officiating. Interment will follow in the Walker Cemetery in Bloomfield, Missouri.
The family requests all memorials be made to the 18 Fore Life, c/o Scott Kruse, 705 Laurie Circle, Dexter, Missouri 63841 OR to the Stoddard County Children's Home, P.O. Box 164, Dexter, Missouri 63841.
