The Rev. Arthur L. Bice, 86, retired priest of the Diocese of Albany, died Aug. 19 in Tampa, FL.

Born in Springfield, IL, Fr. Bice graduated from Washington & Lee University and Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. He was ordained deacon and priest in 1940. Fr. Bice served as rector of Trinity Church, Lincoln, and vicar of St. John the Baptist, Elkhart, IL, 1940-44; rector of Ascension, Troy, NY, 1944-57 and vicar of St. Margaret's, Menands, NY, 1951-57. He was rector of Emmanuel, Little Falls, NY, from 1957 until his retirement in 1977. He also served as priest-in-charge of St. Peter's, Fourth Lake, NY during the summers. Fr. Bice is survived by his wife Elizabeth.