Rita Elizabeth Hager

Rita Elizabeth Hager, 76, of Bidwell, Ohio, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Holzer Senior Care Center, Bidwell, Ohio.

Rita was born March 3, 1950, the fourth of six children of Francis Lee and Florence Epplin Eisfelder in Pinckneyville, Illinois. Rita graduated from Pinckneyville High School in 1968 and attended St. Joseph’s School of Nursing in Alton, Illinois, receiving her Bachelors in Nursing in 1971.

She met her husband, John “Mike” Hager, while attending nursing school. Mike was in the Army, stationed at Fort Leonard, Missouri. Rita and Mike married February 5, 1972, in Pinckneyville and resided in Bidwell, Ohio.

Rita was a nurse at Holzer Hospital when she first moved to Ohio and was later employed by Gallipolis Developmental Center, where she worked until her retirement in 2000. Rita was a devoted nurse and loved working with the elderly. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Surviving Rita are her grandchildren, Jon (Valerie) Campbell and Josh (Selena) Campbell, both of Bidwell, Abby (Silas) Machado of Rio Grande, Jacob Campbell (Ashton Webb), Alexis Campbell (Nathan Peifer) and Anna Campbell, all of Gallipolis; five great-grandchildren; son-in-law, Michael Campbell of Gallipolis, brother-in-law, Pat Hager of Bidwell and numerous nieces and nephews

Rita and Mike had one daughter, Kathy, who precedes her in death in 2001. In addition, she was preceded by her husband, parents, sister, Pat Ozella, father-in-law and mother-in-law, John and Jerry Hager, and sister-in-law, Barbara Hager Wolfe.

Visitation for Rita will be held at the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, from 11:00 AM to Noon. The rosary will be said at Noon. After the rosary, Family and Friends will proceed to St. Louis Catholic Church in Gallipolis for Funeral service with burial to follow in the Ohio Valley Memory Gardens, Gallipolis, Ohio.

The Family invites all attendees to a luncheon following the burial back at the church.