Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ritterstorf, Andrew 1935
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Belding Banner-News, 7 Nov 1935

Andrew Ritterstorf, aged 22 years son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ritterstorf, living
in Keene township, south of the city in the vicinity of White’s Bridge, was
fatally injured at about 4 o’clock last Friday afternoon as he was working on a
rip saw in the crate mill owned by his brother, Edward Ritterstorf, when a stick
of wood which he was pushing through the saw kicked back and struck him just
above the heart.

Working with Ritterstorf at the time was Dale Richmond, who was taking away the
sawed product and edging from the saw as Ritterstorf pushed them through. 
George and Raymond Martin, of this city, were also working at the mill and when
Richmond called to them they hurried over to where Ritterstorf was lying and
then put him in a car and took him to the home of his parents.

Ritterstorf was unconscious from the moment he was struck with the stick and
after he was taken to the house it was decided to rush him to the office of Dr.
A. B. Penton, at Smyrna, so that he could have proper care.  Richmond and
Raymond Martin drove the car with the injured man to Smyrna, but life had flown
while they were on the trip and after one glance at the stricken man Dr. Penton
announced that he was dead.  Coroner Bruce G. Fales was called and after hearing
the account of how the accident had happened, decided that no inquest would be
necessary.

Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock at St. Mary’s Catholic
church, Miriam, of which the young man had been a lifelong member, with Rev. Fr.
L. L. Dorr officiating and burial was in the cemetery there.

Survivors are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ritterstorf and 8 brothers:
Edward, Arthur, Leonard, Harold, Royal, Robert, James and Ronald, all living at
home.


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