Loretta G. Eagan Rinaberger

LORETTA G. EAGAN RINABERGER

Fairfield

Loretta G. Eagan Rinaberger, 89, of Fairfield, Iowa, passed away Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, at her home under the care of Hospice Compassus. Visitation will begin at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Cranston Family Funeral Home in Fairfield, Iowa, with the family present to greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Midway Cemetery in Floris, Okla.

Memorial contributions in Loretta's honor may be directed to the First Baptist Church.

Friends may sign the online guestbook at www.cranstonfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Loretta was born to Charles Edwin Eagan and Dora Gladys (Ward) on Nov. 27, 1929, in Beaver County, Okla. She married John Robert Thomas of Rosston, Okla., in 1950. She later married Don Rinaberger of Fairfield. Loretta completed high school at Greenough in 1948 and graduated in 1952 from Panhandle A&M at Goodwell, Okla. She earned a master's degree from Truman State University in 1978. She began her teaching career in Forgan Oklahoma in 1953 to 1954. She moved to Fairfield in 1969 and began teaching elementary students at Logan, Lincoln and Lockridge, until her retirement in 1992. Loretta enjoyed socializing with friends each week and was active in her church. She had an excellent memory for the students she taught. For several years, she acted as Chaplain for Women's Club and portrayed "Mrs. McIlhinny" at McIlhinney House. A voracious reader, Loretta was seldom without a book in hand. Loretta was a member of the First Baptist Church in Fairfield, Fairfield Women's Club, Iowa Retired School Personnel, Delta Kappa Gamma and the Friday Flexibles women's breakfast group. She enjoyed Tuesday morning coffee with friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her three siblings, Doris Bailey, E. Eugene Eagan and Edna Gray.

She is survived by two daughters, Susan Thomas, Hopkins, Minn., Gail Thomas, of Fairfield and Beaver Okla.; and her grandchildren, William Kin Thomas, Jeremy Huss, John (Stephanie) Huss, Ahrim Strider Putnam and Jackson V Thomas. She also was blessed by several great-grandchildren.