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Rita Alexander Obituary
April 27, 1947 - June 18, 2022
Denver, Colorado - Rita Louise Ravens Alexander passed away peacefully on June 18 after a two-year battle with brain tumors. The sole surviving child of Mae and Floyd Ravens, Rita was born in Wichita, KS and attended East High School before enrolling at her beloved University of Kansas, graduating in 1969 with a degree in early childhood education.
Rita's first career was teaching second grade; she still remembered her favorite students' names decades later. When her own children, Michael and Kate, were born, she stepped away from teaching to work tirelessly in the PTA to ensure that all students had the best possible public school education. In later life, Rita embarked on a new career in the world of non-profits, starting with food insecurity and concluding as the Volunteer Coordinator at the University of Colorado Hospital. In retirement, Rita returned to her first love of teaching, developing a wide range of history classes for other seniors, even learning the ins and outs of teaching online during the pandemic. Rita lived to serve others, and at the end of her life she was blessed to have the help of so many who loved her.
A celebration of Rita's life will be held in Denver at First Plymouth Congregational Church, in Denver, Colorado, on September 29th at 3pm. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Rita Ravens Alexander KU Endowment Fund (https://kuendowment.org) or to The Food Depot to help fight food insecurity at www.thefooddepot.org.
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Jackie Muller
September 29, 2022
Rita was my boss when I volunteered at UCHSC. My job is piano player and she told me she sang "Toora Loora Loora" as a lullaby when her children were little. So I often played that for her as well as "I'll take you home again, Kathleen". After she retired I would see her at a store or Farmer's market and we would have fun catching up. She was a lovely and caring woman, no nonsense supervisor, and a lot of fun. I am so sorry she has died, my condolences to her family and friends. May she rest in peace.
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