Rita Y. (Kirby) Erkkila Obituary

We are sad to announce that, on December 30, 2025 we had to say goodbye to Rita Y. (Kirby) Erkkila of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her daughter Rev. Sharon A. Sargent; her grandson David H. Marble (Michelle); her great grandchildren, Matthew, Stephen, Timothy, Rachel, Sarah, Joshua and Andrew of Byron, GA; her granddaughter Christie Simonetti (Robert); her great grandchild Robert (Robbie) of Thornton, CO; her granddaughter Sara Bohling (Christopher); her great grandchildren, Eliza and Maddie of Hampton, NH; her nieces, Marie LeDuc and Kathy Berger; her husband Eino A. Erkkila; her parents, Henry Kirby and Lillian Kirby (Monette); her sisters, Viola (Albert Vadney), Irene (Joseph Putala) and Loretta (Fred Arsenault); her niece Joanne Zelenski; her nephew Ronald Arsenault; Paul, Denis Putala, Robert, Kenneth Arsenault, Dorothy (Vadney) and Edward Zibkowski.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you to be kind to one another and to pass her love and grace forward in her memory, always showing forgiveness.