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Early Minnesota Aviatrix – Mary Jane Rice – Remembered!

Posted on October 16, 2019 by mwflyer

Published in Midwest Flyer – October/November 2019 Issue WILLMAR, MINN. – Mary Jane Rice, 99, of Willmar, Minnesota, passed away July 17, 2019. She was born to Agda and Guy Leasman in Hector, Minn., on August 29, 1919. She married … Continue reading →

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Willmar Aviation Pioneer Inducted Into Forest of Friendship

Posted on July 22, 2013 by mwflyer

WILLMAR, MINN. – Mary Jane Rice, cofounder of Willmar Air Service in Willmar, Minnesota, was among 21 people inducted into the International Forest of Friendship in Atchison, Kansas, June 22, 2013. Rice joins 1,200 other honorees whose names are engraved … Continue reading →

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