Rita Gail Anderson Beukema, widow of Kenneth Wayne Beukema, passed away peacefully in the early hours of March 21, 2019, at her home in Taylor, Arizona. She was born on March 18, 1959, in Firebrick, Kentucky.
Rita is lovingly remembered by her stepson, Kenneth William Beukema, and his wife, Catalina Ramos Beukema. She also leaves behind her cherished step-grandson, Kenneth Beukema. Her extended family includes cousins Sherry McCane and Merry Ellen Portillo. Rita shared a lifelong friendship with Suzy Roberts Sanders, her best friend from home.
She will be cremated, and her ashes will be laid to rest at East Lawn Palms Mortuary and Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona.
May her memory bring comfort and peace to those who knew and loved her.