Services will be held on Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at Cullen Funeral Home, 612 W. Foxwood Dr. Raymore, Missouri 64083. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. followed by a memorial service at 6:30 p.m.
Rita was born on November 20, 1953 in Kansas City, Kansas to William Buzan and Rita Gallagher. While still in high school, Rita engaged in cosmetology school and after graduating began her lifelong career as a cosmetologist. Over the next forty years, Rita perfected her craft in hair. She was married to John Marle Cox on January 27th, 1981, and this union was blessed with two children. Rita grew up in the Catholic church and later in life, maintained a relationship with God. In life Rita loved gardening, home improvement and she was definitely the life of the party. If Rita was there, you knew it because you could hear her. She was always happy and a social butterfly. She loved vacations and driving all over the United States with John. Rita adored her grandchildren and would spend any available minute with them that she could.
Rita was preceded in death by her husband John on March 2, 2023; her parents, William and Rita Buzan; and her sister, Helen Weising.
Here to cherish her memory are her two children, Kenneth Cox (Jennifer) and Katherine Riggins (William); four siblings, Noreen Hekele (Jim), Mary Pat Owens (Mike), John Buzan (Sue), and Bill Buzan; and five grandchildren, Abigail, Aubrey, Kylie, Blake, and Weston.
Arrangements: Cullen Funeral Home, Raymore, Missouri 816.322.5278
