Schwendinger, Rita M.

FARLEY - Rita M. Schwendinger, 85, of Dubuque, formerly of Sunset Park Pl., Dubuque, and Farley, died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, at 4 a.m. at Bethany Home in Dubuque. Friends and relatives of Rita may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Reiff Funeral Home in Farley, where a wake service will be held at 4 p.m. Friends may also call after 9:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Services for Rita M. Schwendinger will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at St. St. John's Catholic Church in Placid, with the Rev. Dennis Cain officiating. Burial will be held in St. John's Cemetery in Placid.

She is survived by three daughters, Elaine (Herb) Heid of Dubuque, Mary (Kevin) Klein of North Liberty and Karen (Rick) Domeyer of Petersburg; four sons, John (Janet) Schwendinger of Dubuque, Bill (Lois) Schwendinger of Earlville, Pat (Julie) Schwendinger of Dubuque and Don Schwendinger of Cascade; 20 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three sisters, Sister Mary Karen Jasper, P.B.V.M. of Dubuque, Lois (Joe) Hoeger of Dyersville and Mary Smith of Dubuque; and sisters-in-law, Betty Jasper of Farley, Lois Jasper of Peosta, and Irma Schwendinger of Earlville.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Gerald Schwendinger on Jan. 19, 2003; two daughters in infancy, Elaine and Janet; two sons in infancy, Joseph and James; three brothers, John Jasper, Roy Jasper and Jim Jasper; and one sister, Sister Mary Philip Jasper, P.B.V.M.

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The family would like to thank Sunset Park Place and Bethany Home for their loving and respectful care to our mother and grandmother over the last 10 years. We would also like to thank Hospice of Dubuque and the many physicians and nurses who cared for Rita through the years for their professional and conscientious care.