OBIT: Emma Belle (GAREY) RITTER, 1945, Berlin, Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Richard Boyer. Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ EMMA RITTER Mrs. Emma Belle Ritter, widow of Joseph Ritter, died at the home of her brother, Wesley Garey, W. Main St., Berlin, May 5th, at 7:05 p.m. She was born in Berlin, May 8, 1858, and lacked only three days to attain the age of 87 years. She, with her husband and children lived in Meyersdale for many years. After the death of her husband, she made her home with her brothers and sisters in the old Garey homestead, in Berlin. She was in ill health the last few years. She is survived by the brother mentioned above, two sisters, Kate Garey of Berlin and Margaret Krissinger of Denver, Colo. Two sons, Clyde and Roy Ritter, of Akron, Ohio, and a daughter, Ethel, preceded her in death. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning, May 7, in the Johnson Funeral Home, by Rev. Paul Trimpey, of the Berlin Methodist Church. Interment in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Berlin. Meyersdale Republican, May 10, 1945