Mrs. Shirley C. (McKeown) Rice a resident of Ayer and beloved wife of the late Lawrence C. Rice, passed away at the Nashoba Park Assisted Living in Ayer on July 19, 2023. She was 97.
She was the loving mother of David and his wife Melissa Rice of Coral Springs, FL, Linda Williams of Littleton, Michael and his wife Peggy Rice of Groton, Beverly Mazzeo of Ocala, FL and the late Debra M. Stoafer. Also survived by 11 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Sister of the late Marjorie McKeown.
Shirley was a graduate of Medford High School and Katherine Gibbs School. She was born with the gift of being good with numbers and was able to do algebra and geometry in her head. She had completed many tax returns, both domestic and international and had been employed by the Internal Revenue Service, for many years. She had also been employed by a bank and had become Assistant Bookkeeper. In her spare time, Shirley enjoyed vacationing at Brant Rock and loved to travel, especially to Vermont, Virginia and Quebec. She will be dearly missed.
Her funeral mass will be celebrated in St. Francis of Assisi Church, Fellsway West, Medford on Saturday at 11 AM. Relatives and friends invited. Visitation in the Beals-Geake-Magliozzi Funeral Home, 29 Governors Ave., Medford, Saturday, prior to the mass from 9 to 10:30 AM. Interment, Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden. Donations in her memory may be made to the West River Care Hospice, 63 Kendrick St., Needham, MA 02494. For additional information, please visit, www.magliozzifuneralhome.com.