Ellen 'Nana' Jean Rice

ELLEN "NANA" JEAN RICE

Morning Sun

Ellen "Nana" Jean Rice, 62, of Morning Sun, passed away on Monday, May 11, 2020, at Great River Medical Center

in Burlington. Graveside services will be held at

11 a.m. Thursday, May 14, at Elmwood Cemetery. The Snyder & Hollenbaugh Funeral & Cremation

Services of Morning Sun, formerly the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home is

caring for the family. A memorial fund has been established at the funeral home in Ellen's name. Sympathy notes may be left for the family at www.sandhfuneralservice.com.

Ellen Jean Franklin was born May 25, 1957, in Mount Pleasant, the daughter of Donald and Bonnie Jean (Sapp) Franklin. She was a 1975 graduate of Winfield- Mount Union Schools. Ellen was united in marriage to William Rice on Sept. 9, 1995, in Morning Sun. She had been employed at Metro Mail in Mount Pleasant, and later at the Walmart Distribution Warehouse for 19 years. She loved cheering on her St. Louis Cardinals and spending time with her family and her dog Cooper. Ellen always could be found cheering on her grandchildren at one of their many sporting events.

Ellen will be dearly missed by her husband, Bill Rice of Moring Sun; her twin children, Aaron (Addy) Taylor of Keokuk and Amy (Bo) Hartman of Eldon; children, BJ (Emily) Rice of Morning Sun, Misty (Brian) Bertlshofer of Burlington and Trisha (Nick) Diewold of West Burlington; grandchildren, Layne Taylor, Treyton, Weston and Dalton Hartman, Cameron and Ryder Rice, Tyce and Bryn Bertlshofer, Mason Forquer, and Brady and Layton Diewold; and sister, Beckie Joans of Texas.

She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Mildred Sapp; parents; sister, Bonita Franklin; and grandson, Aidon Hartman.

Nana always will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend.