Rita was born on June 22, 1933 to Stanley and Orrell West, the second to the youngest of seven children. She married the love of her life Joseph Pawlowski on May 28, 1955. They began their marriage in Chicago, where they had two sons, Joe and Gary and later they moved to Carpentersville, Illinois where they had three more children; Sue, Tom, and Debbie. While in Carpentersville, Rita was active with St. Monica’s Church, becoming the President of the Sodality Club and traveled to many places with the Fox Valley Bowling Association.
Adventure brought Rita and family to Brainerd, Minnesota in 1976 to become owners of a resort off Gull Lake. In time, they came to settle in Farmington, Minnesota where she became a grandmother 19 times and a great-grandmother 25 times.
Rita was preceded in death by parents, Stanley and Orrell, grandson Gary and great-grandson Tristian.
She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Joseph. Children Joe (Debbie) Pawlowski, Gary (Helen) Pawlowski, Sue Eaton, Tom (Rachel) Pawlowski and Debbie (Brian) Kirchmeier and grandchildren Christopher (Debbie) Pawlowski, Mark Pawlowski, Joe Pawlowski, Jennifer Pawlowski, Jon Pawlowski, James Pawlowski, Alan (Chris) Gangl, Jeff Alexander, Dani Eaton, Missy (Andy) Gladen, Michael Pawlowski, David Pawlowski, Maggie Pawlowski, Amanda (Nick) Buenger, Alyssa Carey, Marcus Resendez, Brent Kirchmeier, Andra Kirchmeier and many great-grandchildren.
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