Rita Lowery

The St. Francis High School Community would like to extend our condolences to the Lowery and Gitchell families on the passing of Rita Lowery, mother of John Lowery '71, Rita Lowery '74 Gitchell, Timothy Lowery '78,  and Daniel Lowery '81; grandmother of Margaret Gitchell '10, Nicholas Gitchell '12 and Thomas Gitchell '14.
Rita L. Lowery, age 88 of Naperville passed away January 14, 2018. Born March 12, 1929 to the late Louis P. and Eva C. Kunka. Cherished wife of Martin B. Lowery for 65 years. Loving mother of John '71, Rita L. '74 (Craig) Gitchell, Timothy '78 (Linda), Daniel '81 (Claudia), Michael, Patrick and David. Proud grandmother of eleven; fond aunt of many. Rita was a graduate of Visitation High School and Chicago Teachers College. Devoted wife and loving mother to whom family and home were most important. Faith, love, kindness and compassion were here finest attributes. Visitation, Friday January 19th from 3 until 8 p.m. at the Beidelman-Kunsch Funeral Homes & Crematory, 516 S. Washington St., Naperville. A Mass of Christian burial will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. St. Raphael Church, 1215 Modaff Rd., Naperville. Interment Assumption Cemetery in Wheaton. 

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