Obit: Ritter, Paul L. (1896 – 1971)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Ritter, Luetkehoelter, McCray, Whittemore, Bender, Darge, Austin, Adams

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 25 Mar 1971

Ritter, Paul L. (1 OCT 1896 – 22 MAR 1971)

Funeral services for Paul Leo Ritter, 74, Withee (Clark Co., Wis.), were conducted from the Hoeper and Kraut Funeral Home at 1:00 today, Thursday, March 25, 1971.

Officiating at the service was Rev. H.W. Luetkehoelter, pastor of the Nazareth Lutheran Church, Withee. Burial was made at Riverside Cemetery, Withee

Pallbearers were Blaine McCray, Art Whittemore, George Bender, Wm. Darge, Troy Austin and Gordon Ritter Jr.

Mr. Ritter passed away Monday, March 22, 1971 at St. Joseph's Hospital following complications that had bothered him since suffering a broken hip in a fall some two months ago.

The deceased was born October 1, 1896 in Iowa. He was married July 2, 1919 in Iowa to Alice Mae Adams, who preceded him in death in 1969. The couple came to Arpin in 1919, lived there until 1923, when they moved to Neillsville (Clark Co.). In 1941 they came to the Withee area. Mr. Ritter ahd been employed by the county highway department for many years.

Survivors include six sons, Gordon Ritter, Chili; Merlyn Ritter, Kenosha; Victor and Paul Jr., Withee; Arlyn Ritter, Granton, and Glenn Ritter, Abbotsford; five daughters, Mrs. Art (Viola) Whittemore and Mrs. George (Alice) Bender, both of Owen; Mrs. Blaine (Pauline) McCray and Mrs. Alfreda Austin, both of Withee; and Mrs. William (Pearl) Darge, Greenwood; 26 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by a son, a grandson, four brothers and two sisters.