Rita Pearl Taggart
February 26, 1942 ~ January 19, 2021
Rita P. (Abell) Taggart,
78, loving mom, grandma and great-grandma, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021. Rita was a retired Boeing Aircraft Company lead and parts controller and a member of IAM Local 834. Rosary, 7:00 p.m., Friday, February 5; Funeral Mass, 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 6, both at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church. Preceded in death by her parents, Ola and Pearl Abell; brother, Ola Abell; sister, Barbara Imperi; husband, Joseph J. Taggart, Sr. Survivors: children, Sheila Taggart, Sandra (John) Wiley, Joseph (Keti) Taggart, Jr., Rita (Dave) Jack, Barbara Villanueva, George Taggart, DeeAnn (Jason) Batta; 14 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; fur babies, Maya, Dulce and Bambi. In lieu of flowers, memorials established with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, St. Vincent de Paul Society, 645 N. 119th St. W., Wichita, KS 67235 and American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718. Downing & Lahey Mortuary West.
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Rita-I was hoping you’d move back to Wichita so I could see you sitting on Rita’s porch before my haircuts. RIP sweet lady! ❤️❤️❤️
One of my biggest supporters driving hours to come to my games, practices, graduations and anything else you could support me in I knew you would be there. In this video I was having a 1 on 1 individual practice with diving & passing and my coach at the time dared my grandma could roll better than me and there she did it in her 60’s like it wasn’t anything. Assisting me in my college struggle times and buying me pizza to make sure I ate. You would never let me pay you back no matter how many times I tried. You were so stubborn, but always spoke your truth no matter what. You were determined and there was not a thing that you couldn’t do. You could light up the room with your smile and always had so many jokes and everybody laughing. I am so blessed and so happy to know you and Grandpa were together on his birthday after hearing for so many years how much you missed him, obviously he missed you just as much 💜 I know you’re still with everybody because energy never ceases to exist. ✨
Sending our Condolences, Love and blessings to the Taggart Family. Sorry to hear of your family’s loss. Rita will be dearly missed! We are blessed to have had several visits with Rita in Las Vegas and a chance to have her spend time together in Hawaii with us last year. We’ve had many talks which we’ve so enjoyed and shared some good meals together. These memories will last our life time. She so enjoyed sharing how she was blessed with a large family! She treated our son Curtis II with so much love and enjoyed his making her crosses with palms during Easter Season and she would always share this with me. Again, your loved one was a joy to know and a shining example of Christ’s love. Our deepest sympathy for your great loss.