Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ritenburg, Catherine (Jones) 1917 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net July 16, 2011, 8:55 pm Lyons Herald, 23 Aug 1917 Mrs. Catherine Ritenburg died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nelson Whitmore, in this village Aug. 7, 1917, aged 76 years and 10 days. Her maiden name was Catherine Jones, and she was born in Canada July 27, 1841. She was married to David Ritenburg in 1857. The came to Michigan in 1882 and settled in Ionia county. To them were born seven children of whom five are living: Mrs. Nelson Whitmore, James Ritenburg of Lyons; Ira Ritenburg of Lebanon; and James Ritenburg of Ionia. The husband died in 1893 and ever since that she has made her home with Mrs. Whitmore. In Canada she was a member of the Methodist church. Though she had not transferred to the church here, she continued in the faith. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/r/ritenbur14856nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb