Rita Mae (Head) Brean |
| Posted 2018-02-26 by mhenderson |
| Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ - Posted on Sunday, February 25, 2018 - Rita Mae Brean, 85, of Lake Havasu City, passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 14, 2018. Rita was born Aug. 4, 1932 in Akron, Ohio to John and Mary Head. After graduating high school, Rita began work as a secretary before she became a homemaker. She married her true love, Robert Brean, in Doylestown, Ohio. They spent 67 beautiful years together. Bob and Rita moved from Ohio to Lakewood, California in 1954 where they spent most of their life raising their three children. They built a house and retired to Lake Havasu City in 2000. Rita loved sewing, needlepoint, crocheting, playing cards with her family and activities on her computer. She took occasional gambling trips where she played the slot machines and always came home a winner. She loved growing African violets and tending to her rose garden. She was even successful at growing her roses in Havasu! Most of all, Rita enjoyed her six grandchildren and five great- grandchildren. She belonged to the Elks, the Eagles, and was president of the Women’s Auxiliary for Pop Warner Football. Rita was preceded in death by her parents, John and Mary Head, and her sister, Betty Blanar. She is survived by her loving husband, Robert Brean; sons Mike (Sherry) Brean and John (Tamra) Brean; daughter Deborah Conroy; grandchildren Jen (Jason), Bryan (Averil), Kristin (Mike), Robert (Amanda), Jessica (Ryan) and Jeremy; and great-grandchildren Madison, Wyatt, Ayden, Owen and Sloan. |
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