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- [S160] Staff, Obituary: Harkins, Rita A. (Dill), (Name: Erie Times-News, The; Location: Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States; Date: 16FEB2005;), Obituary: Harkins, Rita A. (Dill).
Rita A. Dill Harkins Devoted Wife, Mother and Grandmother Rita A. Dill Harkins, 84 years, of 2639 Schley St., passed away Monday, February 14, 2005, at St. Vincent Health Center. She was born in Rasselas, Pa., on July 19, 1920, a daughter of the late Charles G. and Nora M. McCoy Dill. Rita was a longtime member of Sacred Heart Church, the choir, the altar society and the golden hearts at Sacred Heart. She was a longtime 6th ward committee woman. In the late 1940’s, she worked for O’Leary Dental Group. She volunteered for the friends of St. Mary Home of Erie, enjoyed her family as well as her house plants. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Bernard J. “Babe” Harkins, who died in 1995; and by a brother, Vincent C. Dill; and a sister, Virginia Dill. Survivors include five children, Rita Jane “Janie” Matthis, husband, Ronald of Erie, John C. Harkinsof Erie, Nora Jean Harkins of Pittsburgh, Ann Marie Carey, husband, Kevin, Patrick J. Harkins, wife Michelle, of Erie; two sisters, Eileen Wright of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Dorothy Junod, husband Ernest of Cincinnati, Ohio; and one brother, Norman J. Dill, wife Phyllis of Erie; nine grandchilren, Bridget & Kate Carey, Andy, Brian and Charles Harkins, Lindsay Matthis, Pat, Matt, and Barbara Harkins; and many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the A. Brugger & Sons Funeral Home, Pine Avenue Branch, 845 East 38 St. Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. and may attend the services there on Friday at 9:15 a.m. followed by a funeral mass at Sacred Heart Church at 10:00 a.m. Interment in Calvary Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Sacred Heart School, 2501 Plum St. Erie, PA 16502. Condolences at www.bruggerfuneralhomes.com.
Published in the Erie Times-News from February 16 to February 17, 2005
HFA: 10DEC2022
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(Age 80 years)