CHARLOTTE - Rita Reynolds, 90

CHARLOTTE - Rita Reynolds, 90, of Charlotte, died Thursday at Mercy
South Hospital.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Assumption St. Patrick's
Catholic Church in Charlotte. The Rev. Gary Beckman will be
officiating the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be in the
Assumption Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the
Nelson Funeral Home in DeWitt. There will be a rosary at 7 p.m.

She was born Aug. 14, 1913, to John and Bessie McGarry Kane in
Charlotte. She married John "Brother" Reynolds on April 18, 1936. He
died in 1978.

She graduated from Charlotte High School.

She was employed with National Lock in Savanna, Ill., for several years.

She was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society at Assumption
St. Patrick's Catholic Church and volunteered at Community Care in
Charlotte.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Debra (D.R.) Reynolds of Macomb,
Ill., and Mrs. Patricia (Tom) Petersen of Oceanside, Calif.; one son,
Robert Reynolds of Charlotte; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Marilyn (Robert)
Kane of Rochester, Minn.; eight grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, daughter, two brothers and one sister.


Death Date: June 17, 2004
Clinton Herald
June 21, 2004

			    Rita Reynolds
			     1913 - 2004

Services for Rita Reynolds, 90, of Charlotte, Iowa, will be held on
Tuesday, June 22, at 11 a.m. at Assumption St. Patrick's Catholic
Church in Charlottem Iowa. The Reverend Father Gary Beckman will
officiate the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be in Assumption
Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday, June 21, from 5 to 8
p.m. at Nelson Funeral Home in DeWitt, Iowa.

Mrs. Reynolds died peacefully on Thursday, June 17, 2004, at Mercy
Medical Center, South Campus, in Clinton.

Rita Kane was born Aug. 14, 1913, the daughter of John and Bessie
(McGarry) Kane in Charlotte. She graduated from Charlotte High
School. She then married John "Brother" Reynolds on April 18, 1936. He
died on Jan 8, 1978. She was employed at National Lock in Savanna for
several years. She was a member of the Alter and Rosary Society of
St. Patrick's Catholic Church and volunteered at the Community Care
Facility in Charlotte.

Survivors include her daughters, Debra (D.R) Reynolds, Macomb, Ill.,
Patricia (Tom) Petersen, of Oceanside, Calif.; a son Robert Reynolds,
of Charlotte; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Robert (Marilyn) Kane, of
Rochester, Minn; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John, her daughter, Marianne
"Dink" Brugman, her brothers, Robert and John Kane, and a sister, Ruth
Clifford.

Published in the Quad-City Times on 6/20/2004.