On Thursday, August 24, 2023, Dorene Rice, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away at the age of 86 in the Skyview Nursing Home at Bridgeport Nebrasksa. Her memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 1, 2023, at Messiah Lutheran Church in Broadwater, with Pastor Bev Adam and Pastor Bud Gillespie officiating. Inurnment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Broadwater with Pastor Jonathan Seng officiating. It is respectfully requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials in Dorene’s honor be made in care of either the church or to the cemetery. Online condolences may be made by viewing Dorene’s memorial page at bridgmanfuneralhome.com.
Dorene M. Rice was born June 20, 1937, in Dalton, Nebraska, to Harvey and Esther (Ravert) Chorn. She and her twin sister, Lorene, were welcomed to this world by their older sister, Shirley.
As a child, Dorene grew up on a farm/ranch south of Broadwater, Nebraska. She attended elementary grades at country school and graduated from Broadwater High School in 1955. She was married to Don Rice on August 28, 1956, the second couple to be married at the Broadwater Presbyterian Church.To this union, 4 children were born: Kirk, Kim, Kyle, and Karen.
