Rita Burgess

Rita Chatarina (Fishnick) Burgess, age 60, died Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at UW-Hospital in Madison. Rita was born on March 19, 1955 in Lancaster, WI, the daughter of Roland and Cornelia (Koster) Fishnick. She attended Potosi School and served in the United States Air Force. She married Joseph Rustle Burgess in 1981. Rita was employed as a nurse and enjoyed gardening and cooking.

Surviving are her two sons, Benjamin Burgess and Zachary Burgess; step-son, Joseph Burgess; her mother, Cornelia Fishnick; two sisters, Sharon Dieter and Ruth Fishnick; a granddaughter, Bella Burgess; a grandson, Sterling Burgess; a niece, Shyan Bennett; and two nephews, Jeremy Irish and Joshua Dieter.

She was proceeded in death by her father, Roland Fishnick and a sister, Rosemary (Fishnick) Irish.

Funeral services was held on at 11:00 am on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at Martin Funeral Home in Potosi, with Rev. Pam Strakeljahn officiating. Burial with military honors accorded by VFW Post 5276 and American Legion Post #473 was in Van Buren Cemetery, Potosi Township. Friends called an hour prior to the services Wednesday at the funeral home.