Saratoga Springs, NY - Rita I. (Guerriero) Parisi, of Ballston Ave., passed away Friday (Jan. 4, 2013) at Wesley Health Care Center. She was 86. Born on Nov. 1, 1926 in Saratoga Springs, she was the daughter of the late Gennaro and Louise (Ruscitto) Guerriero and lived in Schenectady and Saratoga. Employed by Skidmore College at Father's Hall for several years, she also retired from Yaddo where she cooked for many years. In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her husband, Albert and a brother, Sylvester. Survivors include her eight children; Albert (Maryjo) Parisi of Baldwinsville, NY, Gerri (Patrick) MacMonagle of Fairfield, CT, Mary Therese (Vito) DiSalvi of Amsterdam, Mark (Ann Marie) Parisi of Saratoga Springs, Louise (Timothy) McGowan of Darien, CT, Rita (Jim) Vanyo of Saratoga Springs, James (Denise) Parisi of Saratoga Lake and Frank (his fiance' Joy) Parisi of Saratoga Springs; 10 grandchildren, Tyler (Racheal), Matthew, Vincent, Sophia and Francesca Parisi, Elaina (Alan) Lambkin, Andrew and Sarah McGowan, Julia and Stephen Vanyo; one great-grandson, Shay Lambkin; one sister, Mary Louise Guerriero of Schenectady and one brother, Robert (Christine) Guerriero of Salem, MA. Relatives and friends may call from 3 to 7pm Tuesday at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing and Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway 584-5373. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10am Wednesday in St. Clement's Roman Catholic Church, 231 Lake Ave., by the Rev. Neil Draves-Arpaia. Burial will follow at the family plot in St. Peter's Cemetery, West Ave. Memorials may be made in her name to Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), 5817 Old Leeds Rd., Irondale, AL 35210, American Cancer Society, 260 Osborne Rd., Loudonville, NY 12211 or to Community Hospice of Saratoga, 179 Lawrence St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.