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BORN
1928
DIED
2019
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10507 Holmes Road
Kansas City, Missouri
Esther Rice Obituary
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Shawna Finnell Olberding
May 9, 2019
When she visited she was always happy, and we had a lot of fun. I hold very fond memories of Esther.
Lloyd Christianson
February 25, 2019
We will never forget Esther, as she was our guide when we all came out for Katherine Christianson Boyce's wedding in 1997. She got the keys for the town museum near Sabetha, and we saw the high school pictures of our grandfather Rev. Charles Christianson. She also showed us the restaurant dad frequented and where he worked as a teenager. I also remember as a 4 year old carrying her wedding rings and scolding Diana Gray, the flower girl, for throwing rose petals in the aisle. I remember them driving away in a big Buick after the wedding also and it being a very hot day.
We will all miss her. She was the last surviver of dad's original family, full of life, and kept many memories of dad and the Christianson ancestors alive.
Sergie Ann Conklin
February 20, 2019
We're so sorry for your loss, Chris and Jan, and Collin and Kevin. Aunt Esther (or "Auntie Esther," as she called herself) was always a beautiful lady, despite some of the difficult times in her life. We will all miss her.
She always was the first one to send out her Christmas cards. I think she must have made them up before Thanksgiving and mailed them the day after Thanksgiving!
I remember when my brother and his wife, Lloyd and Elaine Christianson, and I and my daughter Josy, were in Kansas City for our neice Katherine's wedding and your parents showed up. What a handsome couple! The next day, Auntie Esther took the four of us to Sabetha to see the town our father, her brother, grew up in. She had called ahead so that we were allowed enter the Congregational Church and see the window that was dedicated to our grandfather. Also, she called to the owners of a museum which was on the outskirts of town, so that they allowed us to enter the old schoolhouse with pictures of our father and his friends and his (and your mother's) brothers and sisters in it, from the yearbook. It was all very interesting.
When my oldest brother, George Christianson had cancer, and she was in assisted living, she made sure to have us visit her when we were in town. She was still the majestic figure then.
I will always appreciate the fact that she came to George's funeral and asked that we all hold hands and say the Lord's prayer. That meant a lot to me.
Thank you, Auntie Esther.
Psalm 147:3
February 15, 2019
May your love and fondest memories always keep her close to your heart, and may our loving heavenly Father give you an abundance of comfort, strength and peace. Deepest condolences to the Rice family.
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