Rita Brady

Services for former homemaker Rita Rae Brady, 82, who died Thursday at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, were Tuesday at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Newton. Interment was at Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Peabody.

Born Dec. 16, 1935, to Ray and Grace (Jackson) Talcott in Hardesty, Oklahoma, she married Robert “Bob” Brady on Aug. 15, 1982, at Newton.

Rita is survived by her husband, Robert, of the home; sons, Lyle McClure and Ronnie Talcott, both of Peabody; daughter, Ranica Brown of Peabody; stepdaughter Kitty Thompson of Emporia; brother Larry Talcott and sister Jeannie Love, both of Colorado; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

A son, David McClure, and stepsons Lee and Toby Brady preceded her in death.

A memorial has been established for Shriner’s Children’s Hospital.