Annie Laura Kempton Rice

Background

Rice, Annie Laura Kempton was born on October 26, 1932 in West Fairlee, Vermont, United States. Daughter of James Warren and Lena May (Bower) Kempton.

Education

Diploma, Mary Hitchcock School Nursing, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1955. Student, University Rhode Island, 1957. Bachelor of science in nursing, Boston University, 1959.

Post graduate, St. Anthlems College, Manchester, New Hampshire.

Career

Staff nurse special care unit Rhode Island Hospital, 1955—1957. Staff nurse New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, 1957—1959. Head nurse Jordan Hosp, Plymouth, 1960—1961.

Staff nurse Intensive Care Unit/emergency Lakes Region Hospital, Laconia, New Hampshire, 1968. Staff nurse Laconia Hospital, 1968—1975, Pine Hill Nurses Registry, Nashua, 1976—1985. Charge nurse Greenbriar Territory, 1985—1999.

Retired, since 1999.

Achievements

• Annie Laura Kempton Rice has been listed as a noteworthy medical, surgical and rehabilitation nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past member Arthritis Found, past Cub Scout Leader, AARP member, New Hampshire Preservation Alliance (History Places), UCC Community Church of Hudson. Member Mary Hitchcock School Nursing Alumnae, Boston University Alumnae, Order Eastern Star, Grange, Alpha Gamma Delta.

Connections

Married Abbott Eames Rice, August 29, 1959. Children: James W., Beverly A. Tedeschi, Abbott Eames Junior, David K.

Father:

James Warren Kempton

Mother:

Lena May (Bower) Kempton

Spouse:

Abbott Eames Rice

child:

Abbott Eames Junior Rice

child:

David K. Rice

child:

Beverly A. Tedeschi Rice

child:

James W. Rice