Rita K. Mackalica, 59, of Franklin Township, died Wednesday night at Allegheny General Hospital after a short illness.

She was born April 7, 1947, in Oil City, the daughter of Charles and Helen Nolan Williams.

Mrs. Mackalica was a housewife and had worked at Roxy's Diner. She enjoyed her two birds and cat.

She is survived by Mrs. John (Karen) McDonald of Slippery Rock; two sons, Michael Mackalica and Richard Mackalica, both of Butler; seven grandchildren; three sisters, Martha Lee McGowan of Arizona, and Christine Schweinberg and Joan Powell, both of Butler; a brother, David Williams of Chicora; and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis Mackalica, who died April 21, 2001, and a daughter.

<B>MACKALICA — </B>Friends of Rita Mackalica, who died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006, will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday, at the<B> EDWARD L. RAISLEY FUNERAL HOME, </B>387 Main St., Prospect. Burial will be private.