Lester Wilfred Ritter^[1]

1897 - 1948  (51 years)

• Name	Lester Wilfred Ritter
  Born	17 Aug 1897	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202898009
  Residence	1911	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-56246
  Died	25 Aug 1948	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I56246	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Daniel K. Ritter,   b. 12 Dec 1867, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 May 1951, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Melinda S. Stroh,   b. 6 Dec 1875, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1962, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F14533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  It has pleased our Heavenly Father in His wise providence to call out of this Life, unto the Life Eternal, the Soul of our Beloved Son and Brother Lester W. Ritter at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital on Wednesday, August 25th, 1948 In his 52nd year The Funeral will take place from his late residence, 35 Water Street, Elmira, on Sunday, August 29th at 2:00 p.m. to St. James' Lutheran Church, Elmira, for service. Interment in St. James' Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs. Funeral Card ________________ Lester Ritter By Record Correspondent ELMIRA, Aug. 28. - Funeral services for the late Lester W. Ritter, of Elmira, who died Wednesday, will be held Sunday afternoon. Following a private service at Dreisinger Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m., a memorial service will be held at St. James's Lutheran Church, Elmira. Burial will be made in St. James's Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Sat, Aug 28, 1948 Page 19

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Edgar Ritter. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-5 Page 7. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 16 Page 4. [S448] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - St. James Lutheran St. Jacobs CC#4590 Internet Link. Ritter A. Lester W. Ritter/ 1897-1948 B. Mother/ Melinda Stroh/ 1875-1962/ father/ Daniel K. Ritter/ 1867-1951 C. Edgar Ritter/ 1912-1957

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Aug 1897 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Aug 1948 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth