Gloria was born July 16, 1929 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania to the late S.W.Bennett and Rebecca Mims.
Gloria was a Principal at several Akron City Elementary Schools including Jackson, Crosby, and Stewart Elementary Schools. She was a very intelligent and was a kind soul. She was a devout member of Second Baptist Church.
Besides her parents, Gloria was preceded in death by her husband Robert E. Rittenhouse.
She is survived by her son Michael Rittenhouse, six grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, her devoted sister Mildred Barnes, devoted nieces Mrs. Denise Barclay and Brigitte Barnes, and nephews Craig Barnes and Donald Chambers, Jr. of Cedar Hill, Texas.
Gloria’s request was for no funeral services, committal prayers will be offered at 10AM Thursday in the Chapel of Rose Hill Cemetery by Rev. Dr. Roderick C. Pounds Solomon Sr., Entombment immediately following.
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