Thomas Ritchie
Thomas Ritchie, 67, of Stanleyville, passed away at his home on Monday, September 20, 2010.
He was born on August 17, 1943, in Marietta, a son of Hayward Shirley Ritchie and Edith Dearth Ritchie Wendelken. Tom was a graduate of Marietta High School Class of 1962, and had worked in the Insulators Union in Charleston, WV, and worked with the Labors Union on the Interstate Bridge. He also had worked at True Value Surplus Sales and New Weihl Olds and was a member of Sons of the American Legion.
On July 18, 1969, he married Joyce Lauer who survives with 2 daughters: Jane (Rick) Smith of New Matamoras and Edie (Ryan) Westbrook of Stanleyville; grandchildren: Chelsi, Kara and Alec Smith and Sydney and Ellery Westbrook and his sister Sally (Juddson) Lewis. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am on Thursday (September 23rd) at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home with Terry Schmelzenbach and Rick Smith officiating. Burial will be in Valley Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday after 2:00 with family present from 2-4 and 6-8