Rita Tibbetts

Rita A. Tibbetts, 74, passed away at the Charleston Nursing Home, Danville, Kentucky on March 15, 2011 after a long illness.
Rita was born in Bartlett, New Hampshire and spent her childhood years there. She attended the Bartlett School system and graduated in 1955 as the valedictorian of her class. After high school she remained in Bartlett for the next 20 years where she was employed by the Kearsage Peg Mill. After her marriage to Robert she left Bartlett and moved to Lexington, Kentucky and with a few moves in the interim finally settled in Danville, Kentucky where she lived out the remainder of her life.
Rita was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt. Her family meant the world to her and she would display that at all times by making sure they felt loved and were happy. She was beloved by all that knew her and will sorely be missed by all.
She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Robert S. Tibbetts, a son, Jonathan A. Mulkern of Bartlett, New Hampshire and a daughter, Tricia J. Beckham of Lexington, Kentucky and their spouses, respectively, Rochelle Mulkern and William Beckham as well as four grandsons, Jackson and Grant Beckham and Shea and Finnian Mulkern. Also surviving are her two sisters, Gloria C. Grant of Houston, Texas and Brenda J. Stoner of Gilford, New Hampshire and two brothers, Richard E. Clemons of Capon Bridge, West Virginia and Ralph C. Clemons Jr. of Raleigh, North Carolina, along with several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father Ralph C. Clemons Sr., mother Floris M. Clemons, and brother John G. Clemons.
The funeral and committal services will be on Saturday March 26, 2011 at 11 a.m. in the Bartlett Union Congregational Church in Bartlett with refreshments after in the church basement.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers that donations are made to the Bartlett Union Congregational Church P.O. Box 132 Bartlett, NH 03812.
The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of