Passed peacefully away in the presence of her family at the Dr. A. A. Wilkinson Memorial Hospital, Old Perlican on Thursday, February 16, 2012, Ms. Sheila Rice aged 70 years, from Red Head Cove, NL. Predeceased by her husband Paul Rice, parents Nicholas and Elizabeth Gushue, father-in-law and mother-in-law John and Maud Rice, sister Mary Conners (Tom) and sister-in-law Frances Wicks. Left to mourn Sons: Boyd (Dionne), Darren (Joanne), Frankie (Pauline) and Mario (Melanie); grandchildren: Darrell, Deanne, Nicole, Austin, Addison and expectant grandchild; step grandchildren: Travis and Tiffany Morrison; brothers: Billy Kennedy (Judy) and Fr. Pat Kennedy; five sister-in-laws: Mary (Edmund), Rose (Tom, deceased) Ann, Joan (Sal, deceased), Eve and one brother-in-law: Frank, special nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews. Also an extended circle of family and friends including relatives and friends of Conception Harbour. Funeral service was held Tuesday, February 21st from St. Anne’s Catholic Church, Red Head Cove. Inurnment followed in the Catholic Cemetery, Bay de Verde. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Hopkins Funeral Home, Old Perlican.