Cecelia A. (McKeever) Ritchie, 89, of Warwick died April 5, 2016 at Miserecordia Nursing Home, York, PA. She was the wife of the late Thomas F. Ritchie.
Born in Providence, Cecelia was a daughter of the late James F. and Elizabeth (Rankin) McKeever and step-daughter of the late Virginia F. (Pulsifer) McKeever. She was a communicant of St. Kevin Church.
Cecelia was the devoted mother of Joseph A. Ritchie (Linda), Patricia R. Carter (James, Jr.), C. Marie McInerney (Patrick); and loving grandmother of Elissa Koskela, James A. Carter, III, Jessica McInerney and Thomas McInerney; and the great-grandmother of James A. Carter IV. She was the sister of Virginia M. Smith, Nancy H. LeBlanc, Katherine A. Charpentier, Keven J.F. McKeever and the late James F. McKeever, Joseph P. McKeever, Thomas A. McKeever, William A. McKeever, John F. McKeever, Jane Olive McKeever, Winifred F. Steere and Patricia E. Taylor.
Her funeral was held on Monday, April 11, 2016 from the Urquhart-Murpy Funeral Home, 800 Greenwich Ave., Warwick with a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Kevin Church, 333 Sandy Lane, Warwick. Burial followed in St. Joseph Cemetery, West Warwick.
In lieu of flowers, gifts in her memory to The Providence College Angel Fund, Office of Annual Giving, Harkins Hall, Room 412, 1 Cunningham Square, Providence, RI 02918-0001 or The Tomorrow Fund, RI Hospital Campus, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903-4947 will be appreciated.
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