Passed away April 7, 2012 at the Howard Lake Good Samaritan Center.
Memorial Service will be held at 4PM, Saturday April 14, 2012 at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Howard Lake.
Rita Clarabelle Margaret Sullivan was born at Bell
Plain, Minnesota on May 28, 1929 to Arthur and Hazel (Anderson)
Fideldy. She grew up in Bell Plain.
On October 4, 1958
Rita married Samuel Eldon Sullivan. They
were married in Minneapolis. At the time Samuel was in the U.S. Airforce,
the couple made their home in Omaha. They moved to Montrose after Airforce duty,
then on to the farm in Annandale
where they stayed for some time. Rita
has also lived in Minneapolis. She entered the Annandale
Care Center
in 2005, and a year and a half ago the Good Samaritan Center of Howard Lake,
where she passed away on April 7, 2012. She had reached the age of 82 years, 10
months and 9 days.
She enjoyed John Wayne, Country Music and doing puzzles.
Survivors include her children: James (Colleen) of Mound,
Wanda (Ron) Stewart of Kimball, and Tom (Janelle) of Howard
Lake. Grandchildren: Daniel Stewart, Anthony,
Tanya, Cody, and Nathan Sullivan. Great
grandchildren; Angelique, Andrew, and Madelyn.
Sisters Cheryl Johnson, Patrica Jurovich, Jeanette Hemme, and brother:
Robert.
Rita was preceded in death by: her parents Arthur and Hazel,
sisters Lois Theis, and Betty Lazerte, and grandson Joseph Stewart.