ELLSWORTH – Rita Ann Nutter, 80, died March 11, 2005, at MCMH, Ellsworth. After watching the sunrise, mom began her final journey to be united with her Lord and her family. Born Dec. 29, 1924, in Carbondale, Pa., her life travels led her to many parts of our country. She became a nurse in St. Loius, Mo., an accountant in Jersey City, N.J., and an entrepreneur in Maine; running Ri-Wey’s Grocery and the Villa-Roma Restaurant in Sedgwick, before moving to Brooksville, Fla., to enjoy her later years away from the Maine cold. She came back to Maine after retirement to grandmother her grandchildren. She will always be remembered as a loving mother who was always involved in her children’s lives. Many times in her life, the steps in the sand became one, but in the end, they walked hand in hand into the promised land. She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Weymouth, and their daughter, Wendy Day and her husband, Mike, of Ellsworth; sons, Harold Duddy and his wife, Joanelle, of Concord, N.C., Kevin Duddy and his wife, Susan, of Brooklin, Brian Duddy and his wife, Maria, of Sedgwick; her step-daughters, Audrey Nutter of Norfolk, Va., Lee Shirland and her husband, Tom, of Fayetteville, N.C., Janet Doucette and her husband, Fran, of Old Town, Debbie Jacko and her husband, George, of Cranford, N.J.; stepson, Craig Nutter and his wife, Danisha, of Wanamassa, N.J.; and a very special nephew, David Gray of Brooksville; 26 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, and many, many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her parents, Sebastian and Elizabeth Cassaro; her sister, Jennie Rocco; brothers, Patrick and Dominick; and her aunt, Teresa. Friends are invited to call from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at Jordan-Fernald, 113 Franklin St., Ellsworth, where a remembrance of her life will follow at 11 a.m. A spring interment will be at Forest Home Cemetery, Sargentville. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Rita’s memory may be made to the charity of ones choice. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”….Mark Twain
RITA ANN NUTTER
