Rita Mae, daughter of William and Marie Jenny (VonDracek) Ring was born February 25, 1931, in Alva, Oklahoma. She passed away in Alva on January 13, 2019, at the age of 87 years, 10 months and 19 days.

She attended the Sacred Heart Catholic Grade School for the first four years before moving to the Capron Schools. She graduated from Capron with the class of 1949. She attended Northwestern State College for a semester, and then went to the California Airline College in Hollywood. She went to Wichita, Kansas to work for Wesley Hospital, then to Fort Worth, Texas working for Consolidated Air.

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