Bradley Rice 1959-2015
Bradley Orville Rice, Patko Shuk, 56, Mayetta, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015.
He was born Feb. 20, 1959, at Holton, the son of Orville and Betty Mahkuk Rice.
Mr. Rice was a mechanic for the Potawatomi Tribal Road and Bridge Department.
He was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and the Native American Church, Chapter One.
He married Sandra Mitchell. She survives.
Other survivors include his parents, Orville and Betty Rice, Mayetta; a son, Hunter Rice, Albuquerque, N.M.; four stepdaughters, Maria Fairman and husband Jose, Topeka, Nikki Jackson and husband Robert and Saga Fairman and husband Josh, all of the Potawatomi Reservation, and Pam Knoxsah, Horton; a brother, Chris Rice, Nedrow, N.Y.; two sisters, Shirley Rice and Sylvia Johnson, both of Topeka; 11 grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Kevin Rice.
Native American services will be held Wednesday evening at the Native American Church on the Potawatomi Reservation. Burial will be held Thursday morning in the Mahkuk Cemetery. Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Holton is in charge of arrangements.
