1930
Rita
2022
Rita Buchwald
July 8, 1930 — October 11, 2022
Mrs. Rita Rosemarie Zoch Buchwald, 92, of Fripp Island, SC, passed away on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at The Haven in Highland Creek in Charlotte, NC.
A Celebration of Life will be held in Charlotte, NC on Friday November 4, 2022.
Rita will return to her happy place at Fripp Island on November 5, 2022.
Rita was born on July 8, 1930 in East Orange, NJ to the late Emma Bernhardi Zoch and Alexander Nicholas Zoch. She is also preceded in death by her husband, William Arthur Buchwald; sister, Barbara Zoch Mainz; brothers, Alexander Nicholas Zoch and Karl Zoch.
Rita was a graduate of Boonton High School in Boonton, NJ and then went on to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University. She married Bill Buchwald on September 8, 1951 and they moved to Brookside in Mendham Township in 1956. She worked as the Courthouse Clerk for 5 years in Mendham Township before realizing her true passion as being a School Administrator at the Mendham Twp school system. She was a member of the Brookside Ladies Auxiliary for almost 20 years. Rita and Bill Moved to Fripp Island, SC in 1985 and absolutely loved the beach lifestyle. She was very active in tennis, yoga, reading and painting. She was a sweet, strong woman, and a Breast Cancer Survivor. Rita always enjoyed time spent with family, especially the grandchildren, great grandchildren, her nieces and nephews and their families.
She is survived by her sons, William B. Buchwald of CA, Jeffrey A. Buchwald and wife, Vanessa (U’ilani) of Maui, Alan S. Buchwald and wife, Magali of Charlotte, Robert K. Buchwald of Charlotte; grandchildren, Christopher Buchwald and wife, Aurora Buchwald, Jean M. Miller and husband, Stephen Miller, Alexander Buchwald, Jevan Tengan Buchwald, Jendsen Tengan Lumlung, Nicole Buchwald, Brian A. Buchwald, Daniel I. Buchwald, Jasmin M. Buchwald, Alan M. Buchwald, William A. Buchwald, April R. Buchwald and husband, Yousef K. Alduwairi; great grandchildren, Chris: Tyler B., Tyler V., Gianna, Cyrus; Jean: Alise, Cameron, Adeline, John Paul Miller; April: Hamza, Jad; Jendsen: Jennoe, Jenessa, and Josiah; 3 nieces and 4 nephews and their families.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made on her behalf to Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte region (hpccr,org), Breast Cancer Research Foundation (bcrf.org).
A Celebration of Life will be held in Charlotte, NC on Friday November 4, 2022.
Rita will return to her happy place at Fripp Island on November 5, 2022.
Rita was born on July 8, 1930 in East Orange, NJ to the late Emma Bernhardi Zoch and Alexander Nicholas Zoch. She is also preceded in death by her husband, William Arthur Buchwald; sister, Barbara Zoch Mainz; brothers, Alexander Nicholas Zoch and Karl Zoch.
Rita was a graduate of Boonton High School in Boonton, NJ and then went on to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University. She married Bill Buchwald on September 8, 1951 and they moved to Brookside in Mendham Township in 1956. She worked as the Courthouse Clerk for 5 years in Mendham Township before realizing her true passion as being a School Administrator at the Mendham Twp school system. She was a member of the Brookside Ladies Auxiliary for almost 20 years. Rita and Bill Moved to Fripp Island, SC in 1985 and absolutely loved the beach lifestyle. She was very active in tennis, yoga, reading and painting. She was a sweet, strong woman, and a Breast Cancer Survivor. Rita always enjoyed time spent with family, especially the grandchildren, great grandchildren, her nieces and nephews and their families.
She is survived by her sons, William B. Buchwald of CA, Jeffrey A. Buchwald and wife, Vanessa (U’ilani) of Maui, Alan S. Buchwald and wife, Magali of Charlotte, Robert K. Buchwald of Charlotte; grandchildren, Christopher Buchwald and wife, Aurora Buchwald, Jean M. Miller and husband, Stephen Miller, Alexander Buchwald, Jevan Tengan Buchwald, Jendsen Tengan Lumlung, Nicole Buchwald, Brian A. Buchwald, Daniel I. Buchwald, Jasmin M. Buchwald, Alan M. Buchwald, William A. Buchwald, April R. Buchwald and husband, Yousef K. Alduwairi; great grandchildren, Chris: Tyler B., Tyler V., Gianna, Cyrus; Jean: Alise, Cameron, Adeline, John Paul Miller; April: Hamza, Jad; Jendsen: Jennoe, Jenessa, and Josiah; 3 nieces and 4 nephews and their families.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made on her behalf to Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte region (hpccr,org), Breast Cancer Research Foundation (bcrf.org).
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