IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Rita C.
Jordan
July 18, 1939 – October 29, 2014
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Rita Jordan nee McMahon passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis Md. She was 75 years old.
Rita was born on July 18, 1939 in New York, New York. She was one of three children of the late John J McMahon and Winifred Rita McMahon nee Fletcher. Rita was raised in New York city. She graduated from Saint Vincent's Nursing School. She worked in various hospitals as she and her husband Jack moved from place to place with the Air Force and raised four children. She retired her nursing career in 1995 after spending the last 15 years working for the American Red Cross.
Rita married her husband John (Jack) Jordan on November 25, 1961. They raised four children while moving from place to place with the military. Rita and Jack loved sailing. After retiring, they sold their home and spent most of the next 10 years living on boats and sailing from port to port. They docked their boat for the final time and settled in Vero Beach Florida in 2006. In October, 2013, they moved to Sunrise Assisted living in Severna Park, MD to be closer to family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister Claire Ryan. Her husband Jack passed away on the previous day, October 28, 2014. She leaves behind her brother, John J. McMahon of Boise Id.; 3 sons, John Jordan and wife Lynn of Annapolis, Md., Michael Jordan and wife Jodi of Niceville, Fl. and Robert Jordan and wife Lisa of Powder Springs, Ga.; 1 daughter, Regina Edwards and husband John of Brambleton, Va; ten Grandchildren: Bridgette Jordan, Danielle Jordan, David Jordan, Robert Jordan, Matthew Jordan, Mark Jordan, Katie Jordan, Eric Jordan, Tara Edwards and Shannon Edwards and one step-grandson Michael Ritcheson.
Friends may visit on Monday November 3, 2014 from 4-7:00pm at the Barranco & Sons,P.A Severna Park Funeral Home 495 Ritchie Hwy. Severna Park, MD 21146. Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated on Tuesday November 4, 2014 at 11:00am in the St. John Catholic Church 689 Ritchie Hwy. Severna Park, MD 21146.
Rita was born on July 18, 1939 in New York, New York. She was one of three children of the late John J McMahon and Winifred Rita McMahon nee Fletcher. Rita was raised in New York city. She graduated from Saint Vincent's Nursing School. She worked in various hospitals as she and her husband Jack moved from place to place with the Air Force and raised four children. She retired her nursing career in 1995 after spending the last 15 years working for the American Red Cross.
Rita married her husband John (Jack) Jordan on November 25, 1961. They raised four children while moving from place to place with the military. Rita and Jack loved sailing. After retiring, they sold their home and spent most of the next 10 years living on boats and sailing from port to port. They docked their boat for the final time and settled in Vero Beach Florida in 2006. In October, 2013, they moved to Sunrise Assisted living in Severna Park, MD to be closer to family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister Claire Ryan. Her husband Jack passed away on the previous day, October 28, 2014. She leaves behind her brother, John J. McMahon of Boise Id.; 3 sons, John Jordan and wife Lynn of Annapolis, Md., Michael Jordan and wife Jodi of Niceville, Fl. and Robert Jordan and wife Lisa of Powder Springs, Ga.; 1 daughter, Regina Edwards and husband John of Brambleton, Va; ten Grandchildren: Bridgette Jordan, Danielle Jordan, David Jordan, Robert Jordan, Matthew Jordan, Mark Jordan, Katie Jordan, Eric Jordan, Tara Edwards and Shannon Edwards and one step-grandson Michael Ritcheson.
Friends may visit on Monday November 3, 2014 from 4-7:00pm at the Barranco & Sons,P.A Severna Park Funeral Home 495 Ritchie Hwy. Severna Park, MD 21146. Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated on Tuesday November 4, 2014 at 11:00am in the St. John Catholic Church 689 Ritchie Hwy. Severna Park, MD 21146.
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