Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Rittle, Richard W. "Butch" March 9, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. Miller SHABODEHO@aol.com April 21, 2008, 9:35 pm Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/11/2008 Rittle, Richard W. "Butch" Richard "Butch" W. Rittle LEBANON Richard "Butch" W. Rittle, 89, of Cedar Haven, formerly of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., died Sunday, March 9, 2008, in the Good Samaritan Hospital. He was the husband of the late Elizabeth Csaji Rittle and the late Anna Fasnacht Rittle. He was born June 12, 1918, in Lebanon, a son of the late Walter W. and Katie Suzanne Baum Rittle. He was employed for many years in Florida as an insurance salesman. He served with the Merchant Marines during World War II; was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Harrisburg and the B.P.O.E. of Lebanon, Lodge No. 631. Butch was the last surviving member of the 1936 Lebanon High School State Championship Basketball Team. He is survived by a daughter, Susan E. Patches of Lebanon; grandchildren, Robert E. Jr., Shirley, Michael, Robert D., Richard, Dale, Ellen, Wayne and Tracy; 14 great- grandchildren; nine great-greatgrandchildren; brother, Harvey F. "Butch" Rittle of Lebanon. He was preceded in death by a brother, Edwin H. Rittle; and granddaughter, Lisa Fowler. Funeral service will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from the chapel of Cedar Haven, 590 S. Fifth Ave., Lebanon, with a viewing beginning on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Interment will be made in the Ebenezer "Greenwood" Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Cedar Haven, "Living Legacy Garden," 590 S. Fifth Ave., Lebanon, PA 17042. Rohland Funeral Home Inc. is handling the arrangements. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/11/2008. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb