Fedora (Paci) Rigle passed away on Thursday March 10, 2016 at the CMC Geisinger Medical Center, Scranton.
Born in Exeter Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Giuseppe (Cino) Paci and Fiorina Martini Paci, and the sister of the late Adrian Lemmi Paci.
Fedora was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
A lifelong resident of Exeter Borough, she served in many leadership and mentoring roles, and generously helped family and friends.
Fedora was a member of St. Anthony of Padua’s Christian Mothers, where she taught CCD and Junior Choir and served as a Eucharistic Minister; the Exeter PTA; and the Exeter Borough Tax Payers' Association. She was also co-proprietor of Lou Rigle’s Market.
Fedora led Life in the Spirit Seminars at King's University, where she attended prayer meetings and was a valued member of the Spiritual Council. In her later years she attended the Evangelical Free Church, Dallas, Pa.
Fedora loved playing tennis, going to PSU football games, hiking in the woods at “Springbrook” and attending plays and operas in New York City. She was a master gardener, a legendary cook, an amazing seamstress and an unbeatable Scrabble player. Her talent and generosity were widely known and she was beloved in her community.
Fedora was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Louis D. Rigle on Feb. 22, 2012.
Surviving are her children: Janice and her husband Joseph Zekoski, Kent, Ohio; Lois Wilson, Brooklyn, New York; and Lynn Rigle Pfeil, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Grandchildren: Joy and her husband Ryan Snyder, Joseph and his wife Maria Zekoski, Josiah, Esther, Micah, Caleb and Elijah Wilson and Jameson and Geoffrey Pfeil; Great Granddaughter: Taylor Zekoski; Great Grandsons: Leo Zekoski, A.J. Snyder and J.P. Snyder, and many nieces and nephews.
Relatives and friends are invited to a visitation on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at the Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter from 8:30am to 11am.
Funeral services will commence at the funeral home with interment in the Denison Cemetery, Swoyersville.
Donations may be made to Bancroft Development Office, 800 N. Kings Hwy, Suite 201 Cherry Hill, N.J. 08034, benefiting children with autism, in memory of Elijah Wilson's grandmother, Fedora Rigle.
To send the family an expression of sympathy or an online condolence, please visit www.gubbiottifh.com
|
