Dorothy "Dolly" Rice

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Birth: Jan. 27, 1900 Death: May 28, 1925 Andover Essex County Massachusetts, USA

According to obituary*, she was the daughter of Oran and Mary (Kidder) of New York. She died at Andover, with a funeral held the previous Sunday at Cambridge.

She frequently visited with her aunt/uncle, Mr. & Mrs. Fred W. Rice. She graduated Hackensack High School, completed a year at Bradford academy, and graduated Smith college. During the summer of '25, she traveled to Europe with her father to study the gardens, "as she was preparing to take up landscape gardening."

It also states that burial was in the family lot at Laurel Hill. However, I believe the records indicate that she was moved to this location after the death of her father.

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• The Fitchburg Sentinel. 1 Jun 1925.

Note: The sculpted image on the headstone is signed "Spanjer, N.Y., 1931." The company, now known as the Spanjer Sign Corps., is still in operation.

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Parents:

 Oran Winthrop Rice (1871 - 1931)

 Mary Read Rice (1875 - 1956)

Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery Fitchburg Worcester County Massachusetts, USA GPS (lat/lon): 42.56806, -71.8093