THE late Rita Hamilton (96), a former Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) driver, was an inspiration to many and will be remembered as a very independent and respectable lady . Anna Margarite Coote Hamilton, affectionately known as Rita , late of Maguiresbridge, passed away peacefully in the South West Acute Hospital on Friday, January 29, 2021 following a short battle with Covid-19. Rita was a very independent, polite, trustworthy and respectable lady. She was so caring and so loving but she could also be feisty, said Edith Dillon, a cousin of Rita s through marriage, who she became very close with over the past 15 years.