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Kaija Fritz posted a condolence
Andi and family -
I am so sorry for the loss of yoour dad. Please remember that we at TAE love you, care about you, and are here for you. <<Hugs>>
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Danielle Umbra posted a condolence
So sorry for your loss, losing a parent is not easy, know that you are in my prayers, may your memories carry you through.
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Missy Leonard Baker posted a condolence
Mr. Rice was one of my favorite teachers. I am so sorry for your loss. He was an amazing man and will surely be missed by all.
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Sheila Smith posted a condolence
My thoughts and prayers go out to all of you. He was a great man and a wonderful teacher. He will be missed by many.
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Jeanne Laird Shields posted a condolence
Our favorite joke with eachother was about my nose. He always said I would grow into my nose! Words cannot begin to express the sadness that surrounds this passing of such an incredible man. I treasure every encounter I have had with him. I cherish the fact that he and Mrs Rice trusted me with babysitting their wonderful children in my teenage years. May we all live such a rewarding life and remember the things that are most important to us and those around us. Rest in peace Mr Rice.
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Diane Branham posted a condolence
A special man who lived life to the fullest. Dan and I had many funny conversations over the years as we patrolled the halls of BG. He was a wonderful mentor and peer. His legacy will live on for years to come. He was a true teacher, one who gave as much as he expected.
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Dwight Mott posted a condolence
Not just a colleague, a friend. Not just a mentor, a model. A candle lit tonight in the mountains of southern Africa where his love, passion, and energy continue to vibrate through me, and across the universe and for all time through those like me who had the great fortune to know, love, work with, and learn from Dan Rice. My condolences to Ada and the family.
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Rob West posted a condolence
RIP MR RICE.. he was amazing person and amazing teacher... you will never be forgotten and always will be remembered.. my thoughts and prayers will be with all the bainbridge - guilford school staff and the family of mr daniel rice and all of his friends and students ....
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Butch Driggers posted a condolence
Mr. Rice you will always have a special places in all of our hearts. Butch, Bruce & Chris. We will truely miss you here at H. Cooper Black. We will keep your family in our thoughts and prayers. The Lord has another good man with him today.
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Roger and Cathy Digges posted a condolence
Kim,
We were so sorry to hear about your dad's decline and death. We feel very privileged to have gotten to know him at your wedding last summer.
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Kirk Murphy posted a condolence
Sorry for your loss. Our prayers are with the family. I know that my Mom, Helen Murphy and brothers liked Mr. Rice for his ability to teach and was an excellent role model for his students and faculty.
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Tracy Taylor posted a condolence
I am very saddened and my heart breaks just a little bit more. Mr. Rice was a great man and the best teacher I ever had . I think I paid attention to him so well because I was scared to death of him and I could never tell if he was joking or being serious and that right there made me pay attention to every word he ever said. He will be greatly missed by many.
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Lynne Hatch posted a condolence
Andi - so sorry to hear of the passing of your Dad. Prayers and thoughts are with you and your family.
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Sue Dangerfield posted a condolence
I told my daughter today, he was the kind of teacher who made you glad you went to open house. She thrived under his guidance.
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Linda & Peter Knightes posted a condolence
Peter and I are very sorry for your loss. Peter taught with Daniel when Peter was at B-G in 1968-69. I was a student at B-G (1967) when Daniel was a teacher. He will be missed by many.
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Judy and Paul Niles posted a condolence
Dear Ada, Danny, Patrick, Andrea, Gerry, Kim and Brian,
We express to you all our deepest sympathy and share your loss. Dan was a long time friend and colleague. Many good times were had in an out of BG school. He will always have a place in our hearts. Keeping you all in thought and prayer.
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Tanya Thompson (Phillips) posted a condolence
Mr. Rice--the reason I write and spell correctly. The reason I proof read and reference a thesaurus, the reason I have a love for the English language. I am so very sad to hear of his passing. This world lost a wonderful human being.
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Jamie Ingham Parker posted a condolence
Sending a wish for peace and comfort to the entire Rice family. To Mr Rice I was either "Strawberry Jam" or "Jim"! He loved to tease his students in any way he could. He made English class fun and interesting. I loved his Halloween costumes....oh how he enjoyed trying to stump us! As a friend of Andi's, he tried to be stern, but I always knew he had a heart of gold. And because I would tease him back, I'd usually get a smile or laugh out of him :) I am glad to have been your student, Mr. Rice. May you watch over your family knowing you've built fond memories to be shared with them and bring them their own peace.
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Cathy (Gould) Cullum posted a condolence
Mr. Rice---you truly will be missed...you were such a great teacher...I remember there wasn't a day that went by that you didn't get a stick of gum from your students...the fear of having to wear it on your nose for the entire period--(a funny memory)...RIP..you will always be a favorite teacher
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Grace Benkovitz posted a condolence
What a brilliantly written piece! In true Rice fashion I am left looking up a word meaning on dictionary.com and wondering whether or not Mr. Rice wrote this himself :) A patriarch to a fabulous family I will miss him forever...
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Stacey Glenn Barnard posted a condolence
So very sorry to hear of the loss of a great teacher, father, husband and friend.
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Diane Scrivani Irwin posted a condolence
I remember having to meet with Mr. Rice to go over a book I was "supposed to have read." It was very obvious that I only read the back cover of the book and thought I could pull it off-ha. Yet even though I know that he knew, he still prompted me to discuss key topics that I should have gathered from reading the book as assigned. Thank you Mr. Rice for that moment. I did read the book that summer because I felt like I should, so you got your message across without saying a word. Rest in peace my teacher and my friend.
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Gary Scott posted a condolence
Worked with Dan for 38 years. He was tough but fair and the students appreciated that. I will treasure many memories of our times at B-G.
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Mary Lindstrom Diemer posted a condolence
Dan was my 8th grade English teacher. He enhanced my appreciation for the classics such as Red Pony and others. One of my fondest memories, however, is that he was the first teacher ever who allowed us to have candy bars in the classroom - as long as we had one for him too. He will be sorely missed.
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Renee (Reeder) Van Camp posted a condolence
Mr Rice was a great teacher that will be greatly missed...to this day I will never forget "The Red Pony"..RIP Mr Rice..
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Sherry Richardson posted a condolence
I had Mr. Rice for English..he made me put gum on my nose when he caught me chewing it in class. Prayers to his family
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Donna DiNoto Holdrege posted a condolence
Mr. Rice was one of my favorite teachers, and he was such a great teacher. I can't begin to tell you how many popsicles Lesley Benson Brown and I ate so we could use the sticks to make our replication of the barn in The Red Pony. May you rest in peace Mr. Rice. My thoughts are with the Mrs. Rice and family.
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Dick and Mary Ann posted a condolence
We heard from Carla Dann and Evelyn Baker about Dan's passing. We send our thoughts and prayers to Ada and the family. Many good memories of BG and of summers hauling wood. Love, Mary Ann and Dick Church, Bethel, VT.
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Kimberley Hardt Protzman posted a condolence
I am sorry to hear of Mr. Rice's death. He was one of my favorite English teacher's at B-G. I fondly (?) remember learning his very long list of comma rules in eighth grade, and find myself wishing my childrens' teachers would teach them so well. In twelfth grade, he prepared his students well for college, teaching us how to properly write and document a research paper. He truly was a good teacher, demanding, but kind. He had a great sense of humor and truly cared for his students. I know many people will miss him, and I send my condolences to his family and friends.
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Dale Crandall posted a condolence
I made the annual pilgrimage back to Bainbridge this past weekend to see family. A time for reflection and sharing of stories. A time to revisit memories of canoe regattas and family picnics past. My sister asked me if I knew that Dan Rice had just passed away. My jaw dropped and I recounted to her that on my dining room table was a post-it note that said “Dan Rice – Red Pony�. I had written it a couple of weeks earlier as reminder for me to get a letter out to this wonderful teacher whose lessons were indelibly written in the memory of one of his students from 1972. I wanted to let him know that forty-plus years later, I found myself thinking about the Red Pony one morning. I remember getting my Red Pony book report back with the word “SUPERFICIAL� written across the top in caps. I was crushed. I think it was the first time I’d gotten a paper back with any sort of criticism on it. I had followed the same formula that had served me well up to that point in my education, rehashing the story line - what had happened to who and when. Well, that wasn’t what Mr. Rice wanted. He wanted us to analyze the book and tell him what it meant. So there I was looking in the mirror, shaving and analyzing the Red Pony within the context of events, relationships and careers that had transpired in that forty-year span. Thank you Mr. Rice for challenging us to dig deeper and to think critically. Thank you for treating a bunch of hormone infused, angst riddled adolescents as adults in your eighth-grade English class. Thank you for opening up a world of ideas with questions such as “What is king in America?�
I think about another story that we read. It ends with the prized possession of a young boy, a figurine of a horse, getting swept into the ocean by a wave. As the wave recedes, there in its place appeared on the beach a perfectly matched pair of tiger paw shells. I think of Mr. Rice getting swept into the ocean of time. There in his place are the lessons and memories of a life lived well. God’s peace to the family, friends and students of Dan Rice as we grieve your passing.
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Ken Youngblood posted a condolence
Dan was the new kid on the block in the Bainbridge HS faculty room when I first student taught. Subsequently I hired on as the new kid for a three year stint.
What I remember about Dan was his youthful energy and ready smile. We were both blessed to have George Vicary as our department chair...and vicar he was...Dan and I learned a lot about being an educator from George.
I spent many an hour with the two of them, jumping ducks on the Susquehanna, flushing grouse in the overgrown farmland, listening to Larry Vredenburg's beagle chasing rabbits over hill and dale. Back then hunters lived by a code that demanded respect, and that same respect was enjoyed by Dan until the day he died, I am sure.
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