"I just found out about Rita's passing and I want to extend my deepest sympathies to her family. I knew Rita for many years through the Newport Hospital Auxiliary. I have worked at the hospital for 27 years and have worked on many a project with her great assistance and knowledge. She was a great lady and tireless volunteer and advocate for the hospital. I will always be grateful for her support and help with the projects we worked on together. Her legacy remains in the many beautiful pieces of art work she worked so diligently to obtain, arrange, and spread throughout the hospital. They have and continue to be enjoyed by all the patients, visitors, and staff. One particular memory I will always cherish is when I had observed her so patiently and carefully overseeing the mounting and arrangement of each and every piece of art work she commandeered. They were her special "babies" so to speak and she was very good at taking care of them. Rest in Peace Rita, you will be greatly missed, but always remembered.Katharine M. Hernden"
In loving memory of
Rita D. Muldoon
November 2, 2015
Rita D. Muldoon, 98, of Newport, died on Monday, November 2, 2015, at the Village House Nursing Home, Newport, RI.She was the wife of the late Harry Muldoon.Born in Newport, RI, on June 8, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Octavis and Delia (Marren) Davis.Mrs. Muldoon was a graduate of De la Salle. She worked as a secretary at the Newport Torpedo Station for many years. She and her late husband moved back to Newport in 1976 after his military retirement. She was a volunteer for many years at the Newport Hospital with the Auxiliary as well as various fund raising campaigns, particulary in expanding the now extensive art collection that is throughout Newport Hospital. Rita was an amazing gardener, a member of the Seaside Garden Club, plus she had a talent for knitting which included knitted caps for the newborns at Newport Hospital and sweaters for her family and friends. She was currently on the Board of Auxiliary at the Newport Hospital and also as Governor of Newport Hospital.She is survived by her son, Terence M. Muldoon of Middletown, RI.She was the sister of the late Lloyd Reynolds and James "Jimmy" Davis.Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, November 4, 2015, from 4-6 in Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, Newport.Her funeral will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2015, at 8:00am from the funeral home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:00am in Jesus Saviour Church, Broadway and Vernon Avenue, Newport.Burial will be in St. Columba Cemetery, Brown's Lane, Middletown.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Newport Hospital Auxiliary, 11 Friendship Street, Newport, RI 02840, or to Jesus Saviour Catholic Church, 509 Broadway, Newport, RI 02840. Cemetery Details St. Columba Catholic Cemetery Brown's Lane Middletown, RI, 02842 Visitation NOV 4. 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM Memorial Funeral Home 375 Broadway Newport, RI, US, 02840 info@memorialfuneralhome.com http://www.memorialfuneralhome.com Service NOV 5. 09:00 AM Jesus Saviour Catholic Church 1 Vernon Avenue Newport, RI, US, 02840
Tributes
"ON BEHALF OF THE MURPHYS OF FIFTH WARD SQUARE AND THE ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS, OUR CONDOLENCES TERENCE ON THE DEATH OF ONE SPECIAL LADY, RITA. THE AOH REMEMBERS YOUR FATHER WHO DIED THIRTY YEARS AGO WITH MASSES, ALONG WITH THAT SPECIAL MASS AT ST. MARY'S IN MARCH. MAY GOD HOLD RITA, HARRY, AND ALL THE FAMILY IN THE HALLOW OF HIS HAND."
"Aunt Rita was very dear to me and my family and I will treasure the memories of being with her and of our newsy, long -lasting phone calls .She was always the "fun" aunt and I loved to be with her She understood how I felt as a teen and young woman, and I appreciated and learned from her wisdom..Rita was the wife of my mother's brother, Harry,,and is the last of a long line of aunts and uncles.It is with the deepest regret that my husband and I are unable to attend her wake and Mass. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Terry and her nieces and nephew and other family members. I will miss her to be sure, but I think the Lord has already greeted her: "Well done, good and faithful servant"with our love and prayers,, Larry and Mary(Gallagher) Battersby"