Eleathia "Rita" Orsborn passed peacefully in her sleep on November 1, 2012. She was preceded by husband Kenneth Orsborn in May of 1988 and later by her sisters Jo Futrell and Irene Coward. She is survived by their children, Carol Urbanski, Larry Orsborn and Beverly Sparks. Rita is also survived by, grandchildren, David B. and Michael Burnette, Sherri Shelton, Larry Orsborn II, Stacey and Todd Sparks and 10 great grandchildren.
Rita and Ken met and were married in Australia on July 21st 1943. After WWII Rita and their daughter Carol arrived in Utica, OH in 1946. They moved to Toledo, OH in 1956.
The family will receive guests Monday, November 5, 2012 from 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. in the Newcomer Funeral Home, 4752 Heatherdowns Blvd., Toledo (419-381-1900). Funeral services will be held Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in the funeral home. Interment will follow in Toledo Memorial Park Cemetery.
Donations, in lieu of flowers, should be made to ProMedica Hospice, 3333 W. Sterns Road Lambertville, Michigan and/or Sunset Village, 9640 Sylvania-Metamora Road Sylvania, OH.