OBITUARIES

Rita Schumacher of Plymouth Meeting

Rita Schumacher, 84, of Plymouth Meeting, PA beloved wife of 62 years to Peter M. Schumacher, passed away on September 29, 2017 at Einstein Medical Center Montgomery in East Norriton, PA. Born October 2, 1932 in Trenton, NJ she was the daughter of the late Charles and the late Katherine (nee D’Arcy) Irwin.

Rita was a graduate of Cathedral High School in Trenton, NJ and in addition to being a full-time Homemaker and Mother; she had also been employed as a Billing Clerk at Montgomery Hospital prior to retiring to be a Grandmom. She was a longtime member of Corpus Christi R.C. Church in Lansdale, and she enjoyed being a volunteer at Norristown State Hospital, reading, puzzles, knitting, caring for her flowers, and most of all, spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Rita will always be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister.

She is also survived by her children, Peter G. Schumacher (Miriam), of Conshohocken, Ann Ecklund (John), of Plymouth Meeting, Catherine Robbins (Richard), of Collegeville, Margie Ortlieb (David), of Norristown, Mary Shields (Martin), of Royersford, and Rita DeMichiel (Peter), of Florida, her sisters, Sr. Marie Cecilia, O.S.F., of Aston, and Kathleen Maiorino (Fred), of Bensalem, and her 16 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to greet the family on Thursday morning, October 5, 2017 from 9:30-11:00 AM at Corpus Christi R.C. Church, 900 Sumneytown Pike, Lansdale, PA 19446 where her Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 AM. Burial will be private. Arrangements by Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home, Inc., Lansdale, PA 19446.

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