Rita Marie Mockel

Rita Mockel (Gregoire) died peacefully in Minneota Manor, Minneota, MN on December 30, 2017 at the age of 98. Rita is survived by her son Thomas Mockel & wife Phranee from Springfield, VA, and daughter Nancy Garman (Mockel) & husband David Garman from Corpus Christi, TX. Rita is preceded in death by her husband Herman Mockel (1982), and daughter Mary Mockel (2013) both from Marshall, MN. Rita was born in 1919 to Robert and Lillian Gregoire of Marshall and was the youngest of 4 children: June VanKeulen (Gregoire), Virgil Gregoire both from Marshall, MN, and Marvin Gregoire from Ephrata, WA. She graduated from Marshall High School in 1936. She married Herman Mockel from Clara City, MN in 1939. Herman and Harold Johnson opened their own business in 1947 - the H&H Food Store on Main Street in Marshall.