- Date Of Birth: October 15, 1931
- Date Of Death: March 9, 2017
- State: Maine
Rita Mae Stuart, 85
Lewiston – Rita M. Stuart, 85, passed away peacefully on Thursday March 9, 2017 at The Woodlands of Lewiston. She was born in Waterville the daughter of Eddy and Alice Pooler. She attended local schools while growing up in the city’s South end.
As a young woman, she was very active in high school and spoke fondly of the trip to Boston for the 1949 New England basketball tournament where she was a cheerleader. Rita married her high school sweetheart Phillip Stuart in 1952. After joining her husband, a member of the United States Air Force, in Lake Charles Louisiana for two years, she and Phil returned to greater Waterville.
Rita worked for many years at Wyandotte Worsted Company at the Head of Falls location and on the West River Road when the company relocated there. After the Wyandotte closed, she worked in the office at Harris Baking Company before moving on to Fortin’s TV in Winslow, where she worked for many years until she retired.
A lifelong Red Sox fan, she cheered the team’s resent success. While watching the Sox on TV, it was not uncommon for her to call close friend Barbara Elliott several times during the game to discuss the latest homerun or big play.
Rita was always ready for her next adventure.
As her great-grandchildren arrived she became known as GiGi.
Rita was predeceased by her parents, husband Phil, and brother John Pooler. She leaves her son Mike and his wife Betty of Scarborough, grand-daughter Sarah Bailey and husband Brian of Standish, grand-daughter Erin Theriault and husband Shawn of Westbrook, 3 great-grandsons, Colby, Parker, and Sawyer Bailey, her beloved sister Yvette, many loved nieces, nephews, and friends.
Alzheimer’s Association of Maine
383 US Route One #2C
Scarborough, Maine 04074
