Rita Mary O'Connor Vasold

Rita Mary O’Connor Vasold, 102, passed away on January 1, 2021.  Born June 25, 1918 in Mount Vernon, New York, the daughter of the late Edward Francis and Mary Virginia Russell O’Connor.  Loving wife of Arthur Thomas Vasold.  Rita and Arthur were wed November 18, 1940 in Mount Vernon, New York.  Arthur died on January 21, 1987.
Rita attended Sacred Heart school in Mount Vernon and St. Gabriel’s in New Rochelle.  She volunteered in many groups through the years.  One of her important dedications was to the United Cerebral Palsy group as it grew to become ARC of Westchester.  Rita and her husband were one of the many parents in 1946 who helped to form aid groups for disabled children.  A Roman Catholic, she attended St. John’s Church in Frederick, MD and was a proud member of the Catholic Daughters.  She leaves her sons: Thomas Augustine Vasold and his wife Maria of Morristown, NJ, Patrick Edward Vasold and his wife Lisa of Frederick, MD. Seven grandchildren, David Eccleston, Arthur Eccleston, Katie Delgado, Matthew Vasold, Arthur Vasold, Elizabeth Proctor, and Patrick Vasold and 14 great-grandchildren.
Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by daughters Virginia Marie Vasold, Rita Ann Eccleston, a son Arthur who died at birth, her granddaughter Theresa Mary Vasold, and her brothers Edward O’Connor, Denis R O’Connor, Eugene T O’Connor, and Walter J. O’Connor.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Monday, January 11 at 10:00 AM at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 118 E. 2nd Street, Frederick.  Interment will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick.