Rita Louise Lents

Rita Louise Lents, 85, of Loogootee, Indiana, passed away peacefully on March 13, 2026, at Sycamore Care Strategies in Loogootee. Born on July 21, 1940, in Loogootee, she was the beloved daughter of Adrian and Josephine (Spaulding) Greenwell. On March 5, 1962, she married Edward Lents.

Rita was a caring woman who always put others first. She lived an active life filled with community service, working at local banks, in the community school system, and as a beautician before retiring from Prairie Farms so she could spend more time with her husband. Family was the center of her world, and she found her greatest joy in caring for and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She loved baking, gardening, crocheting, and working puzzles. For more than thirty years she looked forward to Thursday night Bunco with her friends, and she was a longtime member of the Red Hat Society and a lifelong member of St. John the Evangelist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Edward, and her brothers Harold and Kenneth Greenwell. Rita will be lovingly remembered by her children, Douglas (Mari) Lents, Daniel Lents, and Dennis (Jenny) Lents; her grandchildren, Patricia (Bobby) Moore, Curtis (Lisa) Lents, Adriene Lents, Matthew Lents, and Carly (Alec) Evers; and her great-grandchildren, Landon Lents, London Johnson, Ty Moore, Tegan Moore, Nash Lents, Bennett Lents, and Lila Lents.