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Official Obituary of

Lillian D. Rice

March 11, 1939 ~ February 24, 2021 (age 81) 81 Years Old

Lillian Rice Obituary

Lillian D. Rice, 81, of Derry, died Wednesday February 24, 2021 at Excela Latrobe Hospital. She was born March 11, 1939 in Portville, New York a daughter of the late Jerome and Sarah Howard Swartz.
She was a lady who wore many hats; owning Lil's Sandwich Shop in Olean, NY, having worked at Eckers Farms for many years, working as a CNA and being a pastor at her church-Faith Chapel in Eldred,PA.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Hershel R. Rice, a son Hershel R. Rice Jr., siblings: Sally Caruso, Cathren Poweska, John, Ray, Jerome, Paul, Dunken and Frank Swartz.
She is survived by her daughter Beatriz Ortiz of Derry and a son Efrin Ortiz of Arizona. Two sisters Parl Hokensen of Bradford, PA and Beatrice Holtzapple of York, PA. Six grandchildren; Hershel R. Rice III, Felicia Griffith, Lily Ortiz, Alexis Garrison, Deion Ortiz and Santos Ortiz-Pasterick. Several nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received Sunday from 4-7pm in the McCabe Funeral Home, 300 W. Third Avenue, Derry where a service will be Monday at 11am. Interment will follow in the Coles Cemetery, Derry.
Online condolences may be made to www.mccabefuneralhomespa.com.