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Service:
Graveside Services will be held on Wednesday, July
29, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. at Richmond Grove Cemetery
in New Holland
Funeral home:
Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
Rita Ellen Vaught, 71, of New
Holland, passed away on Friday, July 24, 2020, at
The Christian Village Nursing Home in Lincoln.
Graveside Services will be held on Wednesday, July
29, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. at Richmond Grove Cemetery
in New Holland. Rev. Steve Blaum will officiate.
Rita Ellen Vaught was born on January 7, 1949, in
Lawrenceville, Illinois, the daughter of Leo and
Lela Ellen Fitch Vaught.
She is survived by one brother: Jim (Marjane)
Vaught; nephews: Shelby Vaught, Gary (Susan)
Filipiak, Kenneth (Barbie) Filipiak, Mark Filipiak,
and James Filipiak; and several great-nieces and
great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and one
sister, Carol Sue Vaught.
Education has always been an important part of
Rita’s life. She received the American Legion award
as an 8th grader. She was the Valedictorian of her
senior class at Lawrenceville High School in 1967.
She then attended Eastern Illinois University,
graduating with a major in History and a minor in
English. Her Master’s Degree was in Counseling.
Rita loved to teach. Her first job was at New
Holland-Middletown where she was a teacher and
counselor. Later when NHM moved to Lincoln, Rita was
one of the teachers who moved. |
She was involved in coaching Jr. High Volleyball and
Basketball while at NHM. She also became involved in volleyball
officiating.
Rita enjoyed sports. She played some golf and tennis. As a spectator
she enjoyed the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team and Illinois State
women’s basketball team.
Rita enjoyed reading, traveling and her cat pets: Bobby, Dusty, and
Frizzle.
Rita retired from Lincoln Community High School where she was an
English Teacher and Counselor while at Lincoln Community High School
she was nominated to be part of the Master Teacher Leadership
Program.
She was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Lincoln
.
Memorials may be made to the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
Lincoln and Benld Adopt-A-Pet PO Box 53, Benld, Illinois 62009
Peasley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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