CHESHIRE- Elizabeth Rittel, 92, passed away Sunday, May 13, 2012 at Elim Park Baptist Home in Cheshire. She was predeceased by her husband Joseph Rittel.
She was born October 9, 1919 in West Haven daughter of the late John and Julia (Tirka) Bonewicz.
Elizabeth was employed as a Bookkeeper at Kravitz Manufacturing Company. She was a communicant of Blessed Sacrament Church in Hamden prior to moving to Cheshire where she was a communicant at St. Thomas Becket Church. Elizabeth was a former member of the Laurel View Golf Association, and the Ridge Road Seniors.
She is survived by a son Gary and his wife Linda Rittel of Cheshire; two daughters Corinne and her husband Paul Camerato of Cheshire, and Betsy and her husband Jay Foster of Purcellville, VA; two sisters Irene North of Orange, and Loraine and her husband Don Nedza of Sanford, NC; eight grandchildren; and ten great grandchildren. Elizabeth was predeceased by two brothers and four sisters.
Arrangements- Elizabeth's funeral will be held Tuesday May 15, 2012 10:15 A.M from The Alderson Funeral Home of Cheshire, 615 South Main St, 06410 to St. Thomas Becket Church, 435 North Brooksvale Road, Cheshire, 06410 for a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 A.M. Entombment will follow in St. Lawrence Cemetery, 280 Derby Ave, West Haven, 06516. Calling hours will be held 9 A.M at the funeral home until the procession leaves for church. Donations in her name may be made to Elim Park Baptist Home, 150 Cook Hill Road, Cheshire, 06410 or to Masonic Care Hospice, 67 Masonic Avenue, Wallingford, CT 06492.