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Rita Kathleen Allen

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Schmitz-Banks & Beals Funeral Home

2420 Young Street

Nauvoo, Illinois

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Visitation

Oct. 15, 2025

8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Schmitz - Banks & Beals Funeral Home

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Rita Allen Obituary

Rita Kathleen Allen, 89, of Nauvoo, Illinois, passed into eternity peacefully at 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, at her home.

A visitation will be from 8:30-10:15 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15 at Schmitz-Banks & Beals Funeral Home in Nauvoo.

A Parish Rosary will be recited at 10:45 a.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Nauvoo. Following the Rosary, a Mass of Christian Burial will be held with the Rev. Tony Trosley as celebrant.

Burial will be in the Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Daily Gate from Oct. 13 to Oct. 14, 2025.

Memorial Events
for Rita Allen

Oct

15

Visitation

8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Schmitz - Banks & Beals Funeral Home

2420 Young Street, Nauvoo, IL 62354

Oct

15

Mass of Christian Burial

11:00 a.m.

Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church

170 N Wells St, Nauvoo, IL 62354

Funeral services provided by:

Schmitz-Banks & Beals Funeral Home

2420 Young Street, Nauvoo, IL 62354

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