Rita K. Freeman
Mar. 19, 1929 - Feb. 25, 2013
_______________________
Visitation:
Friday March 1, 2013
6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
Mark F. Rinker Funeral Home
& Memorial Service, Inc.
Burial and Committal Services:
Saturday March 2, 2013:
Noon
at Sherman Cemetery
Sherman, New York
Interment:
Sherman Cemetery
Sherman, New York
Memorials
may be made to:
Charity of the Donor's Choice
|
Rita K. Freeman Loving Mother, Grandmother
|
Rita K. Freeman, 83 of Cuba, NY died Monday Feb. 25, 2013 at Cuba Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family.
She was born Rita Johanna Kaufmann on March 19, 1929 in Northeast, PA to the late Leonard and Theresa Hess Kaufmann. She married her husband Max. E. Freeman on February 1, 1951.
|  |
They lived in Alfred, NY while Max attended Alfred University and then moved to Ithaca while he attended Cornell University. They later moved to Cuba, NY in 1957 where she helped her husband run his private Veterinary practice until his death in 1993. She devoted her life to her family.
She is survived by her five children Max Freeman II of Prescott Valley, Arizona, Melissa (John) Raes of Phelps, NY, John (Debbie) Freeman of Cuba, NY, Rebecca Malzahn of Cuba, NY, and Stewart Freeman also of Cuba; sixteen grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; three sisters, Theresa Salchak of Charlotte, NC, Marie Hemmis of Erie, PA, and Betty Wilcox of Blue Ridge, IL; a brother, Joseph Kaufmann of Northeast, PA; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband she was predeceased by a grandson Steven Malzahn; a brother Leonard Kaufmann; and a sister Ann Sherman.
The family will receive friends at the Mark. F. Rinker Funeral Home & Memorial Service, Inc., 9 Bull Street, Cuba, on Friday, March 1, 2013 from 6-9 P.M.
Burial and Committal Services will be held in Sherman Cemetery, Sherman, New York on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Noon.
Memorials if desired may be sent to a charity of the Donor's Choice.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent by clicking on the button below.
|
|