Jacob William Dice Sr.

   Cause of his death was Myocardial Degeneration.

  General Notes:

The 1920 Federal Census for Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, ED# 110, page 256A, dated January 2, 1920 records the widower Jacob W. Dice Sr. (64 - PA/PA/PA) living with his son Jacob W. Dice Jr. (28) and his wife Gertrude M. Dice (25 - PA/PA/PA) and their son Melvin J. Dice (1 9/12) at 3203 North Sixth Street. Also in the household is Jacob Jr's widowed sister, Catherine H. Sprinkle (22). Jacob Sr. is employed as a Night Watchman while Jacob Jr. as a Craneman for the Pipe Bending Works and Catherine as a Perforator at the Shoe Factory.

The 1930 Federal Census for Palmyra, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, ED# 38, page 44B, dated April 16, 1930 records the widower Jacob W. Dice (74 - PA/PA/PA) renting at 5 West Main Street from Walter and Pauline Bowman.

  Research Notes:

Harrisburg Telegraph from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; April 6, 1932, Page 13
JACOB W. DICE Palmyra, April 6. Jacob W. Dice, 76, died Tuesday [April 5, 1932] in his home in North Hetrick avenue. Services will be conducted Saturday morning at 10 in the home with the Rev. Frank Carper, pastor of the Brethren Church officiating, assisted by the Rev. J. H. Wilson, pastor of the Evangelical Church. Burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery, Harrisburg. The body may be viewed Friday evening in the home. Survivors: Sons. DaUd. ffirclut - wood, Ohio; John, York; Charles, Wormleyflbiurg: daughters Mrs. E. J. Crist, Wormleysburg; Mrs. Harry McCord, Palmyra; Mrs. Catiherine Sprinkle, Progress; Mrs. Lillian Dissinger, Lebanon; brother, John, York; sisters, Mrs. Mary Kitner and Mms. Harry Lon.te(bauiih, both of Carlisle; twelve grandchildren.

  Medical Notes:

Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944
Name: Jacob William Dice (widowed)
Residence: N. Hetrick Ave., Palmyra, Lebanon Co., PA
Occupation: Laborer at the Stone Quarry
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 61
Birth Date: 16 Jul 1870 [This birth year is suspect in that census records consistently put his YOB as ca 1855]
Birth Place: Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., PA
Death Date: 5 Apr 1932
Death Place: Palmyra, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Burial: April 9, 1932 at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Hbg [Harrisburg]
Father Name: Andrew Dice
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Sussan Darr
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse Name: Maggie Dice
Certificate Number: 40474
Informant: Catherine Sprinkle (daughter) of Progress, PA

Jacob married Margaret Lucy Keil, daughter of Johann Adam Keil and Anna (Annie) Elizabeth Albrecht (Albright), on 2 Sep 1875 in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA. (Margaret Lucy Keil was born on 6 May 1858 in Pennsylvania, died on 20 Apr 1919 in Perry Co., PA and was buried on 24 Apr 1919 in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania.) The cause of her death was Pulmonary Tuberculosis.