Rita Lynne Nesbit
February 28, 1960 - March 24, 2002

Rita Nesbit MUSCATINE, Iowa #45;- Rita Lynne Nesbit, 42, Muscatine, died Sunday, March 24, 2002, at Unity Hospital. Services are 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home. The Rev. Sharon Phillips will officiate. Pallbearers are John 'Rick' Curtis, Brandon Mizell, Jesse Harris, Paul Lahr, Robert Crabtree and Chad Ash. Honorary pallbearers are Marvin Crabtree, Eddie Nesbit, Leslie Nesbit, Roy Nesbit, Larry Barton and Mike Brown. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established. Mrs. Nesbit was born on Feb. 28, 1960, in Muscatine, the daughter of Charles and Delores James Nesbit. She married Kenneth Nesbit on April 5, 2001, in Muscatine. She and her husband have been together 18 years. She attended Jesus Mission Church. She enjoyed singing, crafts and playing bingo. She had a doll collection. Survivors include her husband; a son, Lucas W. Nesbit of Muscatine; two daughters, Felicia L. Nesbit and Amber N. Nesbit, both of Muscatine; a step-daughter, Tanya of Minnesota; two step-grandchildren; her mother, Delores Barton and her husband, Larry, of Muscatine; four sisters, Tresia Mizell, Donna Harris, Elizabeth Curtis and her husband, John, and Mary Ellen Lahr and her husband, Paul, all of Muscatine; and 13 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father and her grandparents.

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