Rita M. Hartson Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Rita M. Hartson (Lake Placid, New York), who passed away on July 2, 2019, at the age of 98, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, John Smith and Eva Smith (Cotton) of Lake Placid; her husband Richard Louis Hartson; her son James Richard Hartson; and her sisters, Rosemarie Smith, Theresa Favro (Smith), Murial Willis (Smith) and Lera Lincoln (Smith).
She is survived by: her son Michael Alan Hartson of Keene; her grandchildren, Hilary Wall (Andrew) and Brooke Hartson; her daughter Margaret Mary Hickey (Hartson) of Keene; her grandchildren, Alicia Boniface (Anthony), Amy Hickey and Andrea Hickey; her son Lawrence Milton (Anne Griffin); her grandchildren, Kendall LeMay (Hartson), Skye Mancini and Colter Mancini; her brothers, John Dustin Smith and Joseph Smith of Lake Placid; and her great grandchildren, Reese LeMay, Laurel Wall, Bailey, Bradley, Brenna Boniface and Janelle Hickey.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Keene Fire Department or the High Peaks Hospice (PO Box 940, Saranac Lake, NY).
