(10/09/12) Warwick - Rita C. (Rickey) Hogan, age 86, of Cowesett Road and formerly of Cove Avenue died at her daughter’s home in North Kingstown on Tuesday, October 9, 2012. She was the beloved wife of the late Raymond J. Hogan, Sr. to whom at the time of his death in 2001 she had been married forty-two years.
Born in Providence she was a daughter of the late David J. and Edna C. (Palardy) Rickey. Prior to staying home to raise her family she worked at the Blood Bank in Providence, at the Ciani Jewelry Company and at Apex in Warwick. Rita traveled extensively while her husband served in the Armed Services for twenty-six years.
Since 2001 she was a communicant of St. Gregory the Great Church and previously for thirty-four years was a proud member of the St. Rose of Lima parish.
She is survived by one daughter: Candace M. Pechak and her husband Mark of North Kingstown; three sons: Raymond J. Hogan, Jr. and his wife Teresa of Falmouth, MA, Michael J. Hogan and his wife Jacqueline of Wakefield and Chris A. Hogan and his wife Erica of Warwick; one sister: Erin Isabella of Johnston and eight grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brothers: David, Everett, Herbert and Edward Rickey and by her sisters: Del Coty, Dorothy Dugan and Claire Rickey.
Rita’s family remembers her as a kind and loving person who enjoyed life’s simple pleasures and who cherished her children and grandchildren. The care and devotion she offered to her family truly defined her as she worshiped every moment spent with her family.
Her funeral will be held on Friday, October 12, 2012 at 9:00 am from the Carpenter-Jenks Funeral Home & Crematory, 659 East Greenwich Avenue, West Warwick. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Gregory the Great Church, 360 Cowesett Road, Warwick at 10:00. Calling hours will be held on Thursday from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. Burial will be in the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter. In lieu of flowers her family requests memorial donations be made to the American Cancer Society. Information and condolences at carpenterjenks.com.
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