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IN MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE MARGIE RICE
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HON. ALAN S. LOWENTHAL
of california
in the house of representatives
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Mr. LOWENTHAL. Madam Speaker, I rise today in memory of the Honorable Margie Rice, long time Mayor and Council Member of the City of Westminster, California, who passed away on Sunday, July 25, 2021, at the age of 92.
Mayor Rice served on the Westminster City Council for 22 years, including 12 years as the city's elected mayor.
Prior to that, Margie Rice served as a Trustee on the Westminster School District for 17 years. Up until her death, she served on the Board of Directors for the Midway City Sanitation District for 30 years.
In 2019, I was honored to join Margie and other board members in celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the Midway Sanitation District.
Mayor Rice was an active community leader and a public servant. She was passionate, dedicated, focused, hardworking, and above all, outspoken.
She was a force to be reckoned with--a force for good for the city and the community she cared deeply about.
Margie Rice dedicated her life to advocating for the needs of the community and she achieved many results for the residents and businesses of Westminster.
Among her legacy is the building of the Westminster Rose Center Theater, a 16,000-square-foot performing arts center for the whole community to enjoy. It was her brainchild that is now one of the jewels of Westminster.
Margie was born in Alabama, but she called Westminster home for more than 60 years.
She was married at 16 and had her first child at 17. Together with her husband, they moved to Santa Barbara, California before settling in Westminster, just shortly before the city's incorporation.
Margie worked as a grapes picker before finding a good job with a fiberglass manufacturer. She was also a homemaker and an avid volunteer.
She volunteered with her children's school PTA, served as the president of the local Little League, and taught at Sunday School.
Despite all the things she did and even during her time serving on the City Council, she always made time for her children and her family.
Margie Rice lived in her Westminster house for 64 years. She is survived by two of her four children, 19 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren and 12 great-great grandchildren.
Mayor Margie Rice was as a pioneer, a public servant, and a community leader who loved and cared for the Westminster community with all her heart.
The residents in Westminster along with many people and communities across the 47th Congressional District will remember Margie Rice.
She will be dearly missed.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 133
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