Rita Margaret Clancy

Rita M. Gillooly Clancy, age 86, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at St Mary’s Home at Asbury Ridge.  She was born April 23, 1933 in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of the late Margaret and Francis Gillooly.

After graduating from St Joseph’s Commercial High School in Brooklyn, NY she was an administrative secretary for the FBI.  On February 9, 1957, she married Frank L. Clancy, who passed away in July of 2006.  They were married for forty nine years.  The couple moved to Packanack Lake, Wayne, NJ in 1965 where they raised their two daughters.  Rita worked as an administrative secretary for the Fairfield Police Department.  She relocated to Erie, PA in 2006 to be closer to family.

Rita loved her family and enjoyed playing tennis, reading, and swimming at the beach.  She also enjoyed the Packanack Lake Garden Club.  She kept active by participating in many church activities, and she attended mass daily.  She and her husband Frank were members of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother Francis Gillooly and his wife Mary Ann.

She is survived by two daughters, Eileen Scutella (Mike) of Erie, PA and Barbara Fitzgerald (Sean) of Grand Rapids, MI, and her grandchildren, Michael, Lauren and Daniel Scutella of Erie and John, Conor and Caroline of Grand Rapids.  She is also survived by sister-in-law’s Patricia Canning, Wayne, NJ and Joan Doherty, Fredericksburg, VA, and many nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations may be made to Saint Mary’s Home of Erie, 4855 West Ridge Rd, Erie, PA 16056.