Services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 27, 2016 at the World Fellowship Interdenominational Church for Mrs. LaRita Dorean Dunham, 53, of Solon, Ohio, who entered eternal rest on Sunday, August 21, 2016.

Mrs. Dunham, lovingly known as “Rita”, was born July 22, 1963 in Okinawa, Japan, a daughter of Theodore and Dorothy M. Goodwine Gayles.  She was a 1981 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School and attended both Choffin Career Center and Youngstown State University.  LaRita received her LPN license and worked at various nursing homes.  She was a member and organist of World Fellowship Interdenominational Church  and was  a former member and organist of Mt. Olive Fire Baptized Holiness Church.  She loved music, especially the organ and loved to workout at the gym.

She leaves to mourn her passing, but rejoice in her peace, her mother of Youngstown; her husband, Danny L. , whom she married July 6, 1996 and her daughter, Danielle Dunham both of Solon; her sister, Kimberly Gayles-Curtis; a niece, Jacquelyn and nephew, Michael Curtis, Jr. all of California; and a host of family and friends.

Her father and a daughter, Gabrielle Dunham, preceded her in death.

Friends may call Saturday from 9-10:00 a.m. at the church.  Arrangements entrusted the L. E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home.