Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Riecken Pitts, age 87 of Pensacola, will be held at 3:00 PM Monday, August 6, 2018 at Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel with Rev. Jason Adams officiating. Burial will follow in Bayview Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from 2:00 PM until the time of the service Monday at Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel.
Mrs. Pitts was born November 22, 1930 in Orlando to Charles G. Riecken and Josephine R. Riecken. She died August 1, 2018 in Pensacola. For over 30 years she was an elementary school teacher at Navy Point Elementary. In her spare time, she enjoyed painting with water colors, doing pottery, dancing, and traveling the world with her husband. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband; Doyle Pitts, a son; Michael J. Pitts and her sister Marian Brock.
Mrs. Pitts is survived by her son; Doyle C. Pitts and wife Theresa, her grandson; Nathan Pitts and wife Nicole, daughter-in-law Wanda Pitts and her brother; Christopher Riecken.
Donations in Mrs. Pitts’ memory may be made to the American Cancer Society.