Rita Elizabeth Harlan (1918-1987)

Rita Elizabeth Harlan was born on 6 August 1918 in Delaware. She died in September 1987 from a heart attack in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware.

Rita Elizabeth Harlan's birth register

Rita Elizabeth Harlan's birth certificate

Morning News, 18 Sep 1940

News Journal, 17 Sept 1940

The News Journal, 8 Sep 1987
Rita M. Harlan White, 69, of 208 Jefferson Ave., Wilmington Manor, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack in Christiana Hospital.
   Mrs. White was a homemaker and a member of Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church. She was a member of the Blessed Virgin Sodality at the church.
   She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Alfred L. Jr.; three sons, Gerald A. of Orlando, Fla., John J. of Rohnert Park, Calif., and James M. of Lexington, Ky.; four daughters, Jane L. Gott of Newark, Joanne M. Hitch of Seminole, Fla., Marie R. Yarrusso at home, and Margaret Boone of New Castle; and 15 grandchildren.
   Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. Friday in Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, 801 N. Du Pont Parkway, Wilmington Manor. There will be no viewing. Burial will be in St. Peter's Catholic Church Cemetery, New Castle.

PARENTS
George Michael Alpheus Harlan
Margaret Veronica Boyle

SPOUSE
Alfred L. White

CHILDREN
Gerald A. White
John J. White
James M. White
Jane L. White
Joanne Monica White
Marie R. White
Margaret Mary White

SOURCES

• 1920 census, Wilmington Ward 5, New Castle, Delaware

• 1930 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware

• 1940 census, Ward 9, Wilmington Representative District 2, New Castle, Delaware

• The News Journal, 8 Sept 1987, 16 Apr 1940, 17 Sept 1940

• The Morning News, 18 Sept 1940