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Rita Kathryn Wilson Rita Kathryn Wilson was the youngest of nine children born Charles Wilson and Katie Beville in Memphis, TN. Rita attended Catholic High School (now Immaculate Conception High School). When she was 22, she married her classmate, Merrill Klinck; they honeymooned in Chattanooga. Between 1947 and 1957, Rita had four children and spent her life raising them – especially her youngest daughter, Mary Anne, who developed cerebral palsy after contracting the measles when she was only two years old. On top of her family and her household, Rita also spent her life caring for those less fortunate than herself. Throughout her lifetime, she volunteered for organizations like Meals on Wheels, Mothers’ Club, the Altar Society, and her parish Health Center. She also acted as a room mother and St. Michael’s (where her children attended grade school) and as a Pink Lady at St. Francis Hospital. When she wasn’t crossing tasks off her To Do list, Rita was running around town with her girlfriends. She and close friends like Sarah Jane Webb, Dorothy McCarty, Betty Thompson, Eleanor Russell, Edna Griffin, Betty Schuster, and Irene Wilson maintained lifelong friendships while getting together for Bunco, canasta, sewing club, and no doubt, sweetly Southern gossip.
Fun fact: Despite the collection of gorgeous photographs we have of Rita, she wasn't a fan of having her picture taken. In fact, for every candid photo, there is probably a twin with her hand in front of her face.

Personal Data		Tombstone Data
Birth:	18 Nov 1915	City:	Memphis, TN
Marriage:	19 Oct 1938 to Merrill Klinck	Cemetery:	Calvary
Death:	8 Jan 2006	Section:
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