Loy LaVerne Tice was born December 18, 1939 in Corpus Christi, Texas to Howard and Vera Auldridge. Her family moved to California when Loy was five years old. Loy grew up in El Nido where, the way she told it, she raised her rotten siblings while her parents worked. Loy graduated from Merced High School in 1957. Loy worked hard to provide for her family her entire life; you may remember her as your bartender at The Wagon Wheel, your cashier at Buddy Boys, or as a longtime associate and personnel manager at Atwater Kmart where she worked until she retired in 2007. She reconnected with the love of her life Pete Tice in the late 80s and the two were married in 1997. Loy always referred to Pete as her one great love; their best times were spent gathered around the dinner table with family, eating split pea soup at their favorite restaurant, or fishing the Delta. Loy lived a long and full life surrounded by her family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her husband Pete, her parents, brothers Dwaine, Doug, and Roy, and her granddaughter Stephanie. Loy leaves behind her siblings Shirley, Doyle, and Spike, her five children Johnny (Gina), Sandra, Susan, Steven (Matsumi), and Deborah (Jerry), fourteen grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and her favorite dog Maisy.
Graveside services will be held Monday August 2nd, 2021 at 11am at Merced District Cemetery with reception to follow.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Hinds Hospice; if you would still like to send flowers please utilize our local florist, Aloha Floral in Merced. The family would like to extend their sincerest thanks to the nursing staff at Hinds Hospice that came alongside them during Loy’s time of need.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.stratfordevansfunerals.com for the Tice family.
