Rita M. Howe, 94, died Feb. 3, 2019. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Gladfelter-Roetker Funeral Home, Ottawa, with the Rev. Philip Peterson officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Thursday.

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