The funeral Mass for Rita Kane Lawrence will be at 10:30am, Tuesday April 8, 2014 at St. Pius Catholic Church in Rochester with Rev. Paul Nelson officiating.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 5:00 to 8:00pm on Monday evening at River Park Chapel, Macken Funeral Home with a Rosary service at 4:30pm.  There will also be a visitation one half hour prior to the service on Tuesday at the church.

Rita Kane Lawrence, age 88, of Rochester passed away peacefully on April 3, 2014 at Pine Haven Nursing Home in Pine Island, MN.

Rita was born on November 24, 1925 in Beach North Dakota.  After high school graduation she moved to Rochester to attend school at St. Marys School of Nursing.  She graduated in 1947 as a Registered Nurse.  She started as a private duty nurse and advanced to become first lay nursing administrator and also held various administration positions at St. Marys.  She married James Kane in September of 1947.  They were later divorced.  She married Cliff Lawrence on May 18, 1975.

She is survived by her six children, Jim Kane, Michael Kane, Patrick (Patty) Kane, Tom (Carmen) Kane, Mary Kay (Gary) Hardtke and Barb (Dean) Regnier; stepson Cliff (Kathy) Lawrence; thirteen grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents, husbands, daughter Maureen Kane, three sisters and three brothers.

The family would like to thank the staff at Pine Haven Nursing Home for the exceptional care they provided to her and the family in her final journey.

Memorials are suggested to Channel One and/or the Salvation Army.

Macken Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.  Online condolences are welcome at www.mackenfuneralhome.com