Rita A. DaValle

Rita A. DaValle, nee Monaco, age 95, beloved wife of the late Argo for over 69 years; loving mother of Marcia (Erv) Walz, Diane Kulik, Julie Thilman and Michael M.D. (Pamela) DaValle; proud grandmother of John Walz, Kirsten (Frank) Ciannella, Matthew (Amy), Ryan (Shana), Christian and Sean (Jennie) Walz, Michael (Erin) Corby, Jamie Thilman, Lauren, Christina, Gina and Michael DaValle and Billy and Arianna Staes and great-grandmother of 11; dear sister of Louis (Barbara) Monaco and the late Rev. Marc, Lorado and Roland Monaco; fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. Friends and family will meet for a Mass of Christian Burial, Saturday, April 16, 2016, 10:00 a.m. at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, 254 North Wood Dale Road, Wood Dale. Entombment Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, Hillside. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation, 225 East Chicago Ave., Chicago IL 60611 or the American Heart Association, 208 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60604. Arrangements handled by Gibbons Funeral Home, Elmhurst. For funeral information please call 630-832-0018 or www.gibbonsfuneralhome.com