A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Rita Margaret Kroger was celebrated Feb. 24 in the motherhouse chapel. Sister Rita Margaret, 97, died Feb. 19. She was a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati for 68 years.

A native of Dayton, Sister Rita Margaret ministered in her native Ohio for 44 years, years, including in the business office at Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton an in her congregation’s Treasurer’s Office at the motherhouse. After serving at a Colorado hospital, she returned to Cincinnati and spent the next 30 years once again ministering in the Treasurer’s Office.

Sister Rita Margaret is survived by her sister, Alma Ballman. Interment was in the Sisters of Charity cemetery.