\t\t\tJohn W Rice III \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
John Rice, a third-generation San Diegan, passed away on April 7th in Vancouver, Washington, surrounded by his family. He was the son of John W. Rice Jr. and Betty Rice, owners of Union Brick Company in Rose Canyon from 1946 until the business was sold in the mid-1960s.<\/p>\n
John was born in Coronado, 20 minutes after his twin sister, Joan. He grew up in La Jolla and Rancho Santa Fe, graduating from San Dieguito High School before attending Purdue and later becoming a proud alum of Claremont Men\u2019s College, where he earned a degree in Accounting and Business. He was a \u201cnumbers guy\u201d, never passing up an opportunity to crunch some numbers. John was a member of the San Diego Rotary Club and The Executives\u2019 Association. He was also a 5 Gallon Donor to the San Diego Blood Bank.<\/p>\n
In 1969, John and his business partner, Stu Shore, started a fiberglass swimming pool company in San Diego that grew into Pacific Sun Pool \u2018N Spa, adding gunite pools, water features and landscaping. Along the way, he also owned an aviation business, giving his family the opportunity to travel throughout the US, Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n
John married Marilyn Borchers in March 1968, celebrating 58 years of marriage shortly before his death. Together they built a life centered on family, adventure, and hard work. <\/p>\n
He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; daughters, Jennifer Rice, Beckie Rice and Kristin Rice Johnson; 2 very special grandsons, Connor Johnson (19) and Noah Johnson (16); and his twin sister, Joan Holmes of Pepper Pike, Ohio. John was preceded in death by his 2 sisters, Carol Keeney and Sukey Ridgway. <\/p>\n
John will be remembered for his quick wit, infectious sense of humor, and genuine interest in the lives of others. Whether talking business, sharing stories, or making people laugh, he had a remarkable ability to make everyone feel important. He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John W Rice III OBITUARY John Rice, a third-generation San Diegan, passed away on April 7th in Vancouver,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-402026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}