Leach, M. Rita (nee Pruner) Passed away peacefully at her home in Smiths Falls, surrounded by her family on Monday, January 2, 2017 at the age of 74. Beloved wife and best friend of the late Eric Leach. Loving and devoted mother of Debbie Leach, Diane (Frank) Kidd, and Darlene Chapman (John O'Neil). Cherished grandmother of Alanna (David) Bougie, Alex Kidd (Joy Couttenier). Jacob (Shawn Lavallie) and Isaac Chapman. Proud great-grandmother of Greyson. Rita will be sadly missed by her siblings, Jack (Shirley) Pruner, and Ann Marie Pruner. She will be fondly remembered by Paul Chapman, Maggie and Molly O'Neil, Bill and Muriel Dickson, her life-long friends Ila Dickson-Hare, Lois Bennett, as well as her many extended family and Eric's entire family. Rita is also predeceased by her sister Helen (late Jack) Wale, as well as her parents Frederick and Lillian (nee McKittrick) Pruner. Friends may pay their respects at the Blair & Son Funeral Home, Smiths Falls on Friday, January 6, 2017 from 6 to 8 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Francis de Sales Church on Saturday at 11 a.m. Interment will take place at St. John's Cemetery in Perth. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to Canadian Liver Foundation or the Canadian Cancer Society.