Nellie Lizzie Rittinger

1883 - 1904  (20 years)

• Name	Nellie Lizzie Rittinger
  Born	24 Sep 1883	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-32588
  Died	13 Apr 1904	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I32588	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William Rittinger,   b. 19 Jan 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1932  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Catharine Caroline "Katie" Doerr,   b. 3 Mar 1862, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Feb 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)
  Married	3 May 1883	Saint Peter's Evanglical Lutheran Church - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Family ID	F8481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Finally Released Nellie Rittinger After three months of an often very painful sickness, Nellie Rittinger, the oldest daughter of Mr. William Rittinger, was released by death, the previous Wednesday afternoon. The deceased took sick with nervous problems in the beginning of January. Almost every day during the course of the sickness, she had incidents of vomiting, and her strength became weaker and weaker. Her suffering became more and more serious, even though various physicians were consulted and nothing was left untried, in order to give the patient relief. Everything, however, was in vain. The death of her nine-month-old little sister Lillian, three weeks ago, had a detrimental effect on the sick Nellie. The day before her death, she asked the doctor herself, if he had any hope for her recovery and demanded a definite answer from him. With resignation, just as she had born all her suffering, she accepted the "No." answer. On Wednesday, she took communion. In the afternoon, the incidents of nausea began again, and about 5 o'clock, she seemed to fall peacefully asleep. Before anyone became aware of it, eternal sleep had begun and the sufferer had entered into a better life beyond. Burial took place Saturday afternoon. The funeral service took place in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, where the girls' choir sang several moving songs. Burial followed in the town cemetery. Pastor Badke's wife and her sons came from Humberston and Mrs. J. Rittinger of Walkerton came for the funeral service, as well as many friends of the family from St. Jacobs, Elmira, Hespeler, Baden, Waterloo, Bridgeport, Petersburg, etc. The flower arrangements on the coffin were especially beautiful and numerous. Pastor J. Badke, uncle of the deceased, dedicated the following obituary to her: (poem follows). Berliner Journal April 14, 1904 Page 4 - Column 4 Translated by: Patricia J. Kauk

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-7 Page 7. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), Obituary of Nelile Rittinger - 14 Apr 1904. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 45. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, M. (1883). Nellie Elizabeth Rittinger (1883-1904) - Find A... Retrieved 15 May 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162858517/nellie-elizabeth-rittinger. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 10 May 1883. May 3, 1883 Catharina Dörr and Wilhelm Rittinger, both of Berlin were married in St. Peter's Ev. Lutheran Church, Berlin, by Pastor R. von Pirch

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Sep 1883 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Apr 1904 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth