Rita E Wallace

Calais – Rita E. Wallace, 92, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 at a Bangor nursing home. Rita was born in Baileyville on September 12, 1920, daughter of the late Fred and Mary Dechene. After graduating from St. Croix High School in Baileyville, she married Ernest Geroux. Rita raised her family and worked various part-time jobs. She was a Communicant of Immaculate Conception R.C. Church in Calais and was a member of the Ladies Sodality and the Spednic Club. Rita enjoyed playing basketball in her younger years, as well as bowling and playing bingo. In her later years, she was an active volunteer with Meals on Wheels. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her first husband Ernest Geroux; her second husband Ronald Wallace; two daughters, Flora Thompson and Eda Chambers; a son-in-law Richard Thompson; and a great-grandson Joseph Laliberte. Surviving are her twin sister, Eda Lufkin of South Portland; her son Robert Geroux and his wife Maxine of Calais; eleven grandchildren, Richard Thompson and his wife Rose of Glenburn, Gary Thompson and his wife Katherine of Glenburn, Lisa Oliver and her husband Rock of Lincoln, Vanessa Lincoln and her husband Gerry of Dixmont, Michael Chambers and his wife Karen of Grand Lake Stream, Barry Chambers of Baileyville, Sheryl Ann Buckley and her husband Patrick of Westfield, Eric Geroux and his companion Edna MacArthur of Princeton, Jo Ellen Leeman and her husband Edward of Calais, Kenneth Murphy Jr. of Calais, and Linda Fell of Milford; 13 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great grandchildren. Visiting hours will be held 2-4 & 6-8 p.m. Sunday, December 16, 2012 at Mays Funeral Home, 26 Church St., Calais. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 1:30 p.m. Monday, December 17, at Immaculate Conception R.C. Church in Calais with Rev. James Plourde, Celebrant. Burial will follow in Woodland Cemetery.