Rita D. Tate

Rita D. Tate, 52, a resident of Davenport, Iowa died Friday, November 28, 2003 at Manorcare Nursing Center, Davenport following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, December 2, 2003 at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport where she was a member. Burial will be in the Rock Island National Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Monday, December 1, 2003 at McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Home, Bettendorf, Iowa. Memorials may be made to the family.
She was born September 27, 1951 in Vinton, Iowa, the daughter of Francis & Rita (McCallister) Ertel. On March 19, 1971, she was united in marriage to Billie W. Tate at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Bettendorf. He preceded her in death on March 29, 1993.
Rita was retired from nursing and had been employed at the former St. Luke’s Hospital and Fejervary Healthcare Center, both in Davenport.
She was a former Boy Scout & Girl Scout Leader and remained active as a volunteer with the special needs programs at Eisenhower Elementary School in Davenport.
Those left to honor her memory include her daughter, Melinda Tate of Davenport; her sons, Tony, Garron & Logan, all of Davenport; her mother, Rita Ertel of Davenport; her sisters, Therese Devlin and Marylou Strum, both of Davenport; and her brothers, Thomas Ertel of Davenport and Joseph Ertel of Moline, Illinois.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her father; and by her parents-in-law.