Rita Head
ST. JOSEPH – Rita Rogers Head, 67, of St. Joseph and Palm Coast, Fla., passed away Wednesday (May 15, 2013) at home.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 20, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, 302 Main St., Penfield, with Fr. Menner officiating. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the church.
Rita was born Feb. 6, 1946, in Washington, D.C., the daughter of James Rogers and Eleanora Skruch Blaso. She married Kenneth W. Head on May 25, 1964, in Alexandria, Va.
She is survived by her husband of 45 years and their three daughters, Kendra Barnes Kirchgessner of Naperville, Kasha Barnes Matthews of Downs and Karrah Barnes Jensen of Bloomington. Grandchildren Camden and Madeleine Kirchgessner, Morgan, Hayden and Grayson Matthews, Avery and Bennett Jensen; and two brothers, Lawrence Rogers of Dayton, Ohio, and James Rogers of Palm Coast, Fla., also survive.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, David Rogers.
In 1982, Rita and family were living in Bourbonnais. She began working part time for the Bradley Association of Commerce and Industry. Shortly after, she also was hired to work for the Bourbonnais Chamber of Commerce. Through her unending efforts and imaginative and innovative ideas, Rita was an impetus for many changes that led the two groups to grow in membership from 100 or so to a combined organization, the Bradley-Bourbonnais Chamber of Commerce, with a membership of 500.
It was her efforts in the '80s that changed the Saturday afternoon Bradley Christmas parade into the largest lighted night parade in the multi-county area for 25 years. When she moved from the area in 2002, she was hired by the five-county Home Builders of East Central Illinois Association. She brought her leadership and imagination to that group as well. She retired in October 2012.
Rita enjoyed her grandchildren, golfing, gardening and traveling.
Memorials may be made to Presence Hospice, 1501 Interstate Drive, Suite C, Champaign, IL 61822.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 20, at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, 302 Main St., Penfield, with Fr. Menner officiating. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the church.
Rita was born Feb. 6, 1946, in Washington, D.C., the daughter of James Rogers and Eleanora Skruch Blaso. She married Kenneth W. Head on May 25, 1964, in Alexandria, Va.
She is survived by her husband of 45 years and their three daughters, Kendra Barnes Kirchgessner of Naperville, Kasha Barnes Matthews of Downs and Karrah Barnes Jensen of Bloomington. Grandchildren Camden and Madeleine Kirchgessner, Morgan, Hayden and Grayson Matthews, Avery and Bennett Jensen; and two brothers, Lawrence Rogers of Dayton, Ohio, and James Rogers of Palm Coast, Fla., also survive.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, David Rogers.
In 1982, Rita and family were living in Bourbonnais. She began working part time for the Bradley Association of Commerce and Industry. Shortly after, she also was hired to work for the Bourbonnais Chamber of Commerce. Through her unending efforts and imaginative and innovative ideas, Rita was an impetus for many changes that led the two groups to grow in membership from 100 or so to a combined organization, the Bradley-Bourbonnais Chamber of Commerce, with a membership of 500.
It was her efforts in the '80s that changed the Saturday afternoon Bradley Christmas parade into the largest lighted night parade in the multi-county area for 25 years. When she moved from the area in 2002, she was hired by the five-county Home Builders of East Central Illinois Association. She brought her leadership and imagination to that group as well. She retired in October 2012.
Rita enjoyed her grandchildren, golfing, gardening and traveling.
Memorials may be made to Presence Hospice, 1501 Interstate Drive, Suite C, Champaign, IL 61822.
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