Benn, Rita M., 84, July 21, 2013. Calling hours will be from 11 a.m. today at Dunn Funeral Home until time of departure for services at 1 p.m. at Saint Mary of the Visitation Church. Interment will be in the Hodgdon Cemetery. Arrangements by Dunn Funeral Home, Houlton.
HODGDON – Rita M. Benn, 84, died July 21, 2013, at a local health care facility. She was born August 27, 1928, at Houlton the daughter of Frank and Clara (McCluskey) McAtee.
Rita attended Hodgdon schools and graduated from Hodgdon High School where she played basketball. She was a communicant of Saint Mary of the Visitation Church and member of the Houlton Council of Catholic Women. Rita was employed with New England Telephone Company at the Houlton office and then with the Plaza Pharmacy. She also took care of the day to day bookkeeping for her husband Cedric’s business, Benn’s Auto Sales. In her spare time, Rita enjoyed cooking, knitting and making quilts.
She is survived by two sons, John and his wife, Brittany, of Hodgdon, Timothy and his wife Kelly of Dedham; two daughters, Dorothy Palmer and husband, Kent, of Winterport and Patricia Donovan and husband, Randy, of Lewiston; one sister, Ruth McGilicuddy of Houlton; sister-in-law, Helen Hagan of Houlton; ten grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; several nieces, and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Cedric; son, Larry; grandson, Mark; sisters, Isabelle Fitzpatrick and Virginia Smith.
Friends may call at Dunn Funeral Home from 11 a.m. Wed until time of departure for services at Saint Mary of the Visitation Church at 1 p.m. Interment will be in the Hodgdon Cemetery. Friends who wish may make gifts in Rita’s memory to the Cary Library, c/o Dunn Funeral Home, 11 Park Street, Houlton, ME 04730. Online guest book and condolences at: dunnfuneral.com.
