Rita Jean Gentry McCartney Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Rita Jean Gentry McCartney of Merced, California, who passed away on September 28, 2023 at the age of 90. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Rita Jean Gentry McCartney to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Walter Edward Brewer and Laura Irene Prevo Brewer; and her sister Shirley Concannon of Agoura Hills, CA. She is survived by: her husband Dean Edwin "Ed" McCartney; her children, Jennifer Gentry (Janet) of Urbana, IL, James B. Gentry (Leslie) of Ballwin, MO and Kirsten Poetzel (Adam) of Champaign, IL; her grandchildren, James Clay Gentry of Kirkwood, MO, Hannah Gentry of Ballwin, MO, Laura Poetzel, Anna Poetzel and Aaron Poetzel of Champaign, IL; her great grandchild Delaney Gentry of Kirkwood, MO.; her stepchild Ed's; her stepgrandchildren, Holly, Scott, Heather and Crystal; and her former husband James A. Gentry.
