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   OA Online Obituaries. 
   
February 25, 1999

Permian Basin Obituaries

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   ODESSA  -- Donald Riley Jr., 42, of Odessa, died Feb. 24, 1999, at his
   residence.  He was born Jan. 10, 1957, in San Angelo to Donald and Fay
   Riley Sr.
   
   Graveside  services will be at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, 1999, at Sunset
   Memorial  Gardens  with  the  Revs.  Griffin  Jones  and  James Bishop
   officiating. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors.
   
   Don  lived in Odessa for 31 years and was a graduate of Odessa College
   as  a Medical Laboratory Technician. He will be remembered as a loving
   son, brother and uncle. He was loved by everyone he knew.
   
   He  loved  fishing,  camping, boating and playing bingo. He was a good
   Christian and an honest man.
   
   He will be deeply missed by everyone.
   
   He  is  survived  by his parents, Don and Fay Riley of Odessa; sisters
   and  husbands, Donna and Henry Pettigrew of Phoenix, Ariz., Brenda and
   Larry  Pipkin of Odessa, Penny and Luis Caraveo of Odessa and Beth and
   Joe Bentley of San Angelo; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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   ODESSA  -- Services for William James Rittenhouse, 80, of Odessa, will
   be at 3 p.m. today at St. Mary's Catholic Church with the Rev. Francis
   Frey officiating.
   
   Mr.  Rittenhouse  died  Monday,  Feb.  22,  1999,  at  Medical  Center
   Hospital.  He  was  born  July 14, 1918, in Kingston, Penn. He married
   Imogene Taylor June 2, 1942, in Midland.
   
   Mr.  Rittenhouse  moved to Odessa in 1942 with the U.S. Army Air Corps
   from  Pennsylvania.  He was a salesman for Sears & Roebuck Company. He
   retired in 1982.
   
   He  was  a very active member of the Knights of Columbus, Odessa Rod &
   Gun  Club,  American  Legion as a former commander, the National Rifle
   Association and St. Mary's Catholic Church.
   
   He  served  in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He received the
   Asiatic-Pacific  Service  Medal  with one bronze star and the American
   Defense Service Medal.
   
   He  and his wife, Gene, raised five children. He was an avid fisherman
   and  loved  to  hunt.  He  was  proud  to be a citizen and humble as a
   patriot.
   
   He will be missed.
   
   Survivors  include  his  wife,  Imogene  Rittenhouse  of Odessa; sons,
   William  J.  Rittenhouse  II  of  Dallas, Daniel Joseph Rittenhouse of
   Midland  and  Richard  Thomas Rittenhouse of Austin; daughters, Pamela
   Ann  Rittenhouse  of  Dallas and Rosalind Mary Tuttle of Dallas; seven
   grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
   
   Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.
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