WILLIAM L RATIGAN OBITUARY, MONROE, NEW YORK

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Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY
Sept. 6, 1978

William L. Ratigan Ex-roofing Official

       William L. Ratigan, 60 formerly secretary of W. J. Grinder Roofing Co. Inc. at 58
       Henrietta St., died Saturday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Canandaigua.

       Ratigan, a Navy veteran of World War 2, had been a patient in the Canandaigua hospital
       five years.

       He joined the roofing company in 1946.  Before the war, Ratigan had worked at Ritter Co.
       and pitched on the Ritter Team that won a city industrial league softball championship
       in 1942.  Ritter now is a division of Sybron Corp.

       The family said Ratigan helped organize and manage the Dutchtown Merchants softball team
       in the 1960s.  He was a railroad buff and a fan of Rochester Red Wings baseball team.
       Monroe County newspaper.