Rita Neal

Memorial Service for Rita Neal, 76, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, will be at 1:00 PM on Saturday, September 13, 2025 at Agent Mallory Martin Chapel in Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

She was born on February 13, 1949 in Garden City, Kansas to Margie Lorene (Edwards) Harkreader and Robert F. Harkreader and passed away on August 30, 2025 in , Oklahoma. She was married to Ronnie Neal on February 1, 1969 in Reno, Nevada. She was a bank teller and KATS bus driver.

Survivors are husband, Ronnie of the home; two daughters, Nichole Farmer and Barry of Sallisaw, OK and Glenna Miller and Mike of Nixa, MO; six grandchildren, Derek Wayne Farmer and Summer of Fort Smith, AR, Braden Farmer of Fort Smith, AR, Matthew Farmer and Sydney of Sallisaw, OK, Jake Farmer of Vian, OK, Tayler Miller of Nixa, MO, and Hanna Miller Nixa, MO; one great-granddaughter, Abelene Farmer; one sister, Joy Whittaker of Merced, CA; and several other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Evelyn Harkreader; and his brother, Glenn Harkreader.