NATICK: Rita Marie (Duffy) Lavers Genova, age 95, passed away peacefully at Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center in Natick with her family by her side on Friday morning, November 21, 2014.
She was the devoted wife of Joseph V. Genova; cherished mother of Janice, Charles, and Pamela Lavers, Stephen Genova and wife Fumi, and Cynthia (Genova) Hegarty and husband George; loving grandmother of Jessica, Jahna, and Geoffrey. The last living member of a large and loving family, she was the sister of the late Catherine Mitchell, Helen Hoar, Rose Landry, Margaret Eckstein, and John, Henry, and Joseph Duffy. Loving and caring mother, grandmother, and friend. She leaves behind many loved nieces, nephews, and cousins. She will be greatly missed by all who had the pleasure to know and love her.
Her funeral will be from the John Everett & Sons Funeral Home, 4 Park Street at Natick Common, on Wednesday, Nov. 26th at 8:30AM with a Mass of Christian Burial in Saint Patrick’ Church, 44 East Central Street, Natick, at 11:00AM. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Burial will follow at Saint Patrick Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Rita’s memory to the Mary Ann Morse Residents’ Fund, 45 Union St., Natick, MA 01760.