Robert O. Bice

November 17, 2011 

THERESA, N.Y.  —  Robert O. Bice, 81, of County Route 22, died Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Carthage Area Hospital. 

Born Oct. 13, 1930, in the town of Worth, the son of Ora and Gladys O’Conner Bice, he attended a one room school house in the town of Worth. 

He married Shirley Davis on June 26, 1993, in Theresa. 

Mr. Bice served in the Army in the late 1940s and was honorably discharged.   

He was a member of the Robert Markwich Post 798 in Philadelphia. 

Mr. Bice enjoyed hunting, scrapping metal, dancing, watching Western movies, mud bogging and spending time with his family. 

Surviving besides his wife are four sons and two daughters-in-law, Jeff and Dawn, N.C., Steven, Texas, Joe, Utica and David and Mary, Philadelphia; a daughter and her husband, Debbie and Frank Marshall, Antwerp; a stepdaughter, Laurie Roe, Philadelphia; three brothers, Jim and John, both town of Worth and Richard, Adams; five sisters, Marguirite “Maggie” Brown, Fla., Sandy Piddock, town of Worth, Betty Robbins, Watertown, June Bice, town of Worth, and Jenny Carr, Glen Park; 12 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. 

A brother, Dan, died before him. 

A memorial gathering will be 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the Theresa Fire Hall. 

Arrangements are with Frederick Bros. Funeral Home, Theresa.

Donations may be made to the Indian River Volunteer Ambulance, Inc., P.O. Box 254, Philadelphia. 

Condolences may be made online at www.frederickbrosfuneralhome.com.

Information provided by Frederick Bros. Funeral Home, Inc. and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.