COPELAND-ROSS, RITA ELLEN. Services for Rita Ellen Copeland-Ross, of Jersey City, were held Dec. 16 at the House of God Church in Jersey City. She died Dec. 8 at home. Copeland-Ross was a member of House of God Church. Survivors include her husband John E. Ross; children and children-in-law Lester V. Copeland, Prince, Nathaniel and Donna McCoy, Diane Kirby and Juanita Albert; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.