Visitation: Friday – 2-4 & 7-9 PM at The Dietrich Funeral Home Inc.
Service: Saturday – Prayers will be said at 9 AM at the funeral home followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Michael’s Church at 9:30 AM
Service: POORTEN – Rita E. (nee Bernhard) January 22, 2013, beloved wife of the late Gerard Hassenfratz and Henry Poorten; loving mother of Donald (Arlene) Hassenfratz, Susan (Dr. Vincent) Francavilla and the late Barbara Beger; mother-in-law of John Beger; stepmother of Fr. William S.J., Robert, Mary Grace (late Robert) Demarse and the late Henry and Eileen; grandmother of Deborah (Frank) Russo, Kevin (Jacqulynne), David and Jean (Gregory) Diehl; loving great-grandmother to Katelyn, Anthony and Kara; step-grandmother of many step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; sister of the late Betty O’Brien. Friends may call Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM at the DIETRICH FUNERAL HOME, INC., 2480 Kensington Ave., Amherst, where prayers will be said on Saturday at 9 AM, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Michael’s Church, 651 Washington St., Buffalo, at 9:30 AM, where memorials may also be made in lieu of flowers. Online condolences at