Rita Marie Favero Obituary

The passing of Rita Marie Favero of Springfield, Illinois occurred on July 28, 2026. Rita, born on February 2, 1928, shared life with family, friends, and community. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Rita Marie Favero to show support.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Edward A. Groesch and Frances Groesch (Merklin); her husband Renato Favero; her daughters, Cecilia and Marsha; her siblings, Reverend Edward, Joseph (Mary), Lubert (Lorene), Louis Groesch (Betty), Loretta Bowman (Roy), Margaret Burns (Michael) and Dolores Owensby (Jack); and her son-in-law Thomas Pforr.

She is survived by: her children, Donna Pforr, Kevin Favero (Gwen), Paul Favero (Phyllis), Janice Viele (Daniel), Colette Ellenberg (James), Daniel Favero (Melinda), Carol Burke (Thomas), Jeremiah Favero (Lynn) and Mary Favero (Mike Burke); her grandchildren, Anthony, Matthew (Carlita), Douglas (Leticia), Layla (Steve), Renee (David), Samuel, Jonathan, James (Kate), Mario (Alexis), Rachel (Alex), Renata (Seth), Adah, Valerie, Reed, Catherine (Matthew), Rosemary (Jeff), Louis, Raymondo (Hina), Rebecca, John, Amelia (Mich), Siobhan and Khadijah; and her great grandchildren, Tyler, Adam, Kalila, Alejandro, Haley, Sophia, Pablo, Raziah, Lily, Zenaida, Paige, Julia, Kayne, Cristina, Jay, Finn, Henrik, Violet, Westley, Poppy, Eric, Anders, Victoria, Penelope, Joren, Armen, Leon, Marlowe, Ethan, Kai, Marko, Novaleigh, Desmond, Haakon, Charlie, Nina and Dahlia.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Frances Cabrini Church or the Guiding Eyes for the Blind or an organization of the donor's choice.