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RITA L. BROWNE

1933 - 2025

RITA L. BROWNE obituary, 1933-2025, Reading, NH

BORN

1933

DIED

2025

FUNERAL HOME

Douglass Edgerley & Bessom Funeral Home

25 Sanborn Street

Reading, Massachusetts

RITA BROWNE Obituary

BROWNE, Rita L. (Ceglia) Formerly of Salem, NH and Reading, MA, June 29, 2025. Age 92. Wife of the late Richard P. "Dick" Browne. Mother of Joanne M. Browne of Newburyport, Nancy A. Webb of Chester, NH and Stephanie A. Sullivan and her husband, Christopher of North Andover. Grandmother of Ethan and Sydney Webb and Caroline Sullivan. Sister of Theresa Forcade of Golden, CO, the late Rose Rotondi, and the late Carmen Ceglia. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Patrick's Church, 71 Central St., Stoneham, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at 10:00 am. Burial will be private. Memorial donations may be made to Pleasant Valley Nursing Center, 8 Peabody Road, Derry, NH 03038, Attn: Activity Room. Arrangements by the Douglass, Edgerley & Bessom Funeral Home, READING, MA. For obituary and online guestbook, visit www.johnbdouglassfuneralhome.com

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Published by Boston Globe from Jul. 9 to Jul. 10, 2025.

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Marie Quale

July 17, 2025

I think Rita formerly worked at Hood's Milk in Somerville. If she is the person I am thinking of, she was the nicest lady and kept everything running in the copier room. Dittos were so messy to work with, but she did her best. Did she also own a cottage down in Wareham? If so, my mother-in-law was across the road from her.

John B. Douglass & John B. Douglass II

July 9, 2025

This book of memories is to serve as a record of the services you entrusted to us. We hope it will help to preserve treasured memories and that we, in some small measure, have helped to ease your burden and bring you comfort.

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71 Central St., Stoneham, MA 02180

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