Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ritchey, Walter February 17, 1965 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com January 1, 2014, 12:57 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Thurs. Feb. 18, 1965 Walter Ritchey, 86, died at 10:30 Wednesday night at his home in Pioneer, Ohio. He was born in Pioneer and returned there three and a half years ago after residing in Ionia. Surviving are his wife, Matilda; three sons, Doral of Lansing, Theron of Beaverton and Carl of LeGrand, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Forest McLellen of Lansing and Mrs. Argyl Lincoln of Greenville; a brother, Noal Ritchey of Portland, Ore.; four sisters, Mrs. Cora First and Mrs. Edith McCulley of Lyons, Ohio, Mrs. Rachael Clymer of Morenci and Mrs. Ethel Smith of Novi; 17 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. Prayer service will be at Thompson funeral home in Pioneer Friday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. H.D. Brenneman officiating. The body will arrive in Ionia Friday evening and friends may call at Myers funeral home after 7 p.m. Funeral service at Myers funeral home will be at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon with the Rev. Brenneman officiating and interment at Woodland Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/ritchey23466nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb