Rita G. Warren

TOPSHAM: Rita G. Warren, 83, of Topsham passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday April 12, 2017. She was born in Lewiston on December 1, 1933 a daughter of the late Fernand and Simone Pelletier Gagnon. She grew up in the Lewiston area and attended local schools there.

On August 22, 1953 she married Francis O. Warren at St. Peter’s Church in Lewiston and they started a family together. During that time, they owned and operated the family dairy farm in Lisbon. She also worked for several years at both RCA and Maine Electronics.

In 1980, they moved to Sanford, Florida to help take care of family members in need. Then, in 1997, they moved back to the Warren Farm on Rt. 9 in Lisbon. The farm was sold in 2006 and she moved to Topsham where she would permanently reside.

Rita will always be remembered for her love of gardening, flowers and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, whom she loved dearly.

She is survived by her two children; Pauline Husman and her husband David of Topsham and Ralph Warren and his wife Monica of Colorado. She also leaves behind a sister, Connie Ruel and her husband Ray of Lewiston, her seven grandchildren; Christine Estes of Florida, Mark Judd of Richmond, Jeremy Judd and his wife Melanie of Mechanic Falls, Steven O’Neal and his wife Heather of Topsham, Ryan O’Neal and his wife Dixie of Dresden, and Rowen and Kiara Warren both of Colorado as well as her nine great-grandchildren; Dalton and Kayla Estes, Mark, Baylee and Natalie Judd, Syenna and Steven O’Neal and Anabelle and Ava Judd. She will deeply missed by all of them. She was predeceased by her loving husband Francis in 2001, her twin sister, Theresa Fowler, her brother, Henry Gagnon and her former son-in-law, Steven O’Neal.

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FUNERAL NOTICE:

WARREN---Rita G. 83, of Topsham died Wednesday April 12, 2017. A Liturgy of the Word will be held on Friday April 21, 2017 at 1pm in the mausoleum at St. Peter’s Cemetery 217 Switzerland Rd. Lewiston, ME. Arrangements are under the care of Crosman Funeral Home, Cremation and Monument Services 40 Main St. Lisbon Fall, 353-4951.