Obituary of Rita Aitken
Rita Aitken was born in Stretford, (Manchester), England, daughter to Jane and Stanley
Edmunds. She passed away in her 88th year on May 13, 2020. Rita trained as a Primary School teacher in Ormskirk College, Lancashire. She taught a brief time in Manchester and acted as an assistant teacher in several schools while living in Brampton, Ontario. She married Warnock in 1956 and they lived in Dublin, Ireland until they moved to Canada in 1974.
Rita was a devoted Mother to Hazel (Peter Trepp), Philip (Janis), and Elaine (Wayne Griffin), all born in Dublin. Proud Grandmother to Hazel's girls Alison (George) and Carolyn, as well as Philip’s family Clark (Katie), Wesly (Kylie) and Troy (Kelly). Recently Rita became a Great-Grandmother to Clark's son, Sam and Alison's daughter, Matilda. In addition to loving her family, Rita enjoyed water-colour painting and was an avid and competitive bridge player. Rita and Warnock enjoyed travelling and made frequent trips to England, France, and Germany while on their way to visit Hazel and family in Switzerland.
A memorial service in honour of Rita is being held at Kitchener East Presbyterian Church on Saturday, 8th August at 11 am; visitation with the family before the service from 10 am. We appreciate your kindness and support, Warnock and family.
Link: We will be live-streaming this service on our church YouTube page for those who are not able to attend:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWg2BZ1kDFUl91k7XoeCivw
In accordance with Covid-19 public health regulations, the building will be cleaned and sanitized beforehand and then afterwards. We will be observing the social distance requirements of 2 metres and there will be no physical contact, no singing by the congregation, and no reception. We encourage you to come only if you feel comfortable doing so; but please don’t come if you are feeling any symptoms of being sick. If you come, please bring a mask to wear; everyone will also be required to sign in. Thank you for your understanding.
Please RSVP to the church, kepc@golden.net, or by phone 519-748-9786, to let us know if you are planning to attend this memorial service so that we know the numbers of people, as we cannot exceed the number of people we are allowed to have together.
In lieu of flowers, condolences for the family and donations to either Canadian Cancer Society or Kitchener East Presbyterian Church may be arranged through the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street South, Waterloo at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445.
The family are grateful to the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home staff for their assistance with final arrangements. Special thanks to the Nurses of ICU-A at Grand River Hospital and Pastor Mark Richardson of KEPC for his continued support as well as the ladies
from the Hospitality team.
Memorial Service
