Rita Mae Davis

January 25, 1929 - September 27, 2018

Rita Mae Davis, 89, of Bridgewater, formerly of Rochester, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2018, in the Good Samaritan Hospice, Beaver Campus. Born January 25, 1929, in Morgantown, W.Va., a daughter of the late Arthur L. and Frona Heaton DeWitt, she was a retired employee with the Medical Center of Beaver. She was a member of the Church of the Living Christ, Bridgewater, and was a former member of the New Sewickley Presbyterian Church. She was a loving wife and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leroy E. Davis, Sr., in 2002; one sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Charles Grim; two sons-in-law, Larry D. Withers and Edward P. Pavlinich; a daughter-in-law, Lori Davis. She is survived by a daughter, Kimberly D. Withers Pavlinich, Bridgewater; two sons and a daughter-in law, Leroy E. “Bud” Davis, Jr., Burkburnett, Texas; David K. and Sharon Davis, Monaca; eight grandchildren, Michael Davis and his wife, Carissa, Texas; Jessica Chapman and her husband, Jared, Texas; Shelley Vinson and her husband, Matt, Michigan; Vicki Lee and her husband, Bob, Georgia; Eric Withers, Aliquippa; Sara Pavlinich and her husband, Nate, Monaca; Shawna Davis and her fiancé, Dan, Monaca; Brittany Vogt, Beaver Falls. Friends will be received Sunday from 2 to 7 p.m. in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester, where a service will be held on Monday at 11 a.m. Officiating will be her pastor, Rev. David Howells. Interment will follow in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to the Church of the Living Christ, 699 Riverside Drive, Beaver, PA 15009. The family wishes to thank the staff of Good Samaritan Hospice, Beaver Campus, for the care and comfort given to our mother.