Rosina Ritter, 90, Tyler, formerly of Lake Benton, died Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Sunrise Manor Nursing Home, Tyler.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 20 from 4-8 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, Lake Benton.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 21 at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Lake Benton.
Interment is in Memorial Hill Cemetery, Lake Benton.
Rosina Caroline (Lubben) Ritter was born March 5, 1920 to John and Eva (Wendt) Lubben in LeMars, Iowa. Rosina was the oldest of eight children, and was a profound influence in the lives of her younger brothers and sisters. After graduation from high school, Rosina worked at the bank in LeMars and then for several years at the law offices of Roseberry and Pitts.
She married Herman Ritter on Jan. 10, 1945. They made their home in LeMars until 1948 when they moved to rural Marcus, Iowa. In 1951 they moved to their farm at Lake Benton. Following Herman's death on June 15, 1997, she continued to live in their Lake Benton home until April 2009 when she moved to Danebod Village in Tyler. She had only recently moved to Sunrise Manor Nursing Home.
In 1958 she was elected to the Lake Benton School Board, the first woman to serve in that capacity. She continued to serve for three terms. Her greatest passion was the Lake Benton Opera House and was very much involved in the restoration of the building and also served on the Board of Directors as secretary for 30 years. She was named a Friend of the Opera House in 1988.
She is survived by her children, Margaret (Daryl) Nagel, Sioux Falls, S.D. and Martin (Robin) Ritter, Lake Benton; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four sisters, Martha "Jo" Lubben, Hot Springs, Ark.; Bernice Sitzman, LeMars, Iowa; Audrey (Arnis) Jakobsons, Elmhurst, Ill. and Hester (Jerry) Thoms, Sioux City, Iowa; two brothers, Harm Lubben, Sioux Falls and Stanley (Charlene) Lubben, LeMars, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Herman; a son, Richard and one brother, Art.
(Hartquist Funeral Home,
Utoft-Johansen Chapel,
Lake Benton)
Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 20 from 4-8 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, Lake Benton.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 21 at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Lake Benton.
Interment is in Memorial Hill Cemetery, Lake Benton.
Rosina Caroline (Lubben) Ritter was born March 5, 1920 to John and Eva (Wendt) Lubben in LeMars, Iowa. Rosina was the oldest of eight children, and was a profound influence in the lives of her younger brothers and sisters. After graduation from high school, Rosina worked at the bank in LeMars and then for several years at the law offices of Roseberry and Pitts.
She married Herman Ritter on Jan. 10, 1945. They made their home in LeMars until 1948 when they moved to rural Marcus, Iowa. In 1951 they moved to their farm at Lake Benton. Following Herman's death on June 15, 1997, she continued to live in their Lake Benton home until April 2009 when she moved to Danebod Village in Tyler. She had only recently moved to Sunrise Manor Nursing Home.
In 1958 she was elected to the Lake Benton School Board, the first woman to serve in that capacity. She continued to serve for three terms. Her greatest passion was the Lake Benton Opera House and was very much involved in the restoration of the building and also served on the Board of Directors as secretary for 30 years. She was named a Friend of the Opera House in 1988.
She is survived by her children, Margaret (Daryl) Nagel, Sioux Falls, S.D. and Martin (Robin) Ritter, Lake Benton; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four sisters, Martha "Jo" Lubben, Hot Springs, Ark.; Bernice Sitzman, LeMars, Iowa; Audrey (Arnis) Jakobsons, Elmhurst, Ill. and Hester (Jerry) Thoms, Sioux City, Iowa; two brothers, Harm Lubben, Sioux Falls and Stanley (Charlene) Lubben, LeMars, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Herman; a son, Richard and one brother, Art.
(Hartquist Funeral Home,
Utoft-Johansen Chapel,
Lake Benton)
Rosina Ritter, 90, Tyler, formerly of Lake Benton, died Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Sunrise Manor Nursing Home, Tyler.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 20 from 4-8 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, Lake Benton.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 21 at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Lake Benton.
Interment is in Memorial Hill Cemetery, Lake Benton.
Rosina Caroline (Lubben) Ritter was born March 5, 1920 to John and Eva (Wendt) Lubben in LeMars, Iowa. Rosina was the oldest of eight children, and was a profound influence in the lives of her younger brothers and sisters. After graduation from high school, Rosina worked at the bank in LeMars and then for several years at the law offices of Roseberry and Pitts.
She married Herman Ritter on Jan. 10, 1945. They made their home in LeMars until 1948 when they moved to rural Marcus, Iowa. In 1951 they moved to their farm at Lake Benton. Following Herman's death on June 15, 1997, she continued to live in their Lake Benton home until April 2009 when she moved to Danebod Village in Tyler. She had only recently moved to Sunrise Manor Nursing Home.
In 1958 she was elected to the Lake Benton School Board, the first woman to serve in that capacity. She continued to serve for three terms. Her greatest passion was the Lake Benton Opera House and was very much involved in the restoration of the building and also served on the Board of Directors as secretary for 30 years. She was named a Friend of the Opera House in 1988.
She is survived by her children, Margaret (Daryl) Nagel, Sioux Falls, S.D. and Martin (Robin) Ritter, Lake Benton; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four sisters, Martha "Jo" Lubben, Hot Springs, Ark.; Bernice Sitzman, LeMars, Iowa; Audrey (Arnis) Jakobsons, Elmhurst, Ill. and Hester (Jerry) Thoms, Sioux City, Iowa; two brothers, Harm Lubben, Sioux Falls and Stanley (Charlene) Lubben, LeMars, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Herman; a son, Richard and one brother, Art.
(Hartquist Funeral Home,
Utoft-Johansen Chapel,
Lake Benton)
Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 20 from 4-8 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, Lake Benton.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 21 at 10:30 a.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Lake Benton.
Interment is in Memorial Hill Cemetery, Lake Benton.
Rosina Caroline (Lubben) Ritter was born March 5, 1920 to John and Eva (Wendt) Lubben in LeMars, Iowa. Rosina was the oldest of eight children, and was a profound influence in the lives of her younger brothers and sisters. After graduation from high school, Rosina worked at the bank in LeMars and then for several years at the law offices of Roseberry and Pitts.
She married Herman Ritter on Jan. 10, 1945. They made their home in LeMars until 1948 when they moved to rural Marcus, Iowa. In 1951 they moved to their farm at Lake Benton. Following Herman's death on June 15, 1997, she continued to live in their Lake Benton home until April 2009 when she moved to Danebod Village in Tyler. She had only recently moved to Sunrise Manor Nursing Home.
In 1958 she was elected to the Lake Benton School Board, the first woman to serve in that capacity. She continued to serve for three terms. Her greatest passion was the Lake Benton Opera House and was very much involved in the restoration of the building and also served on the Board of Directors as secretary for 30 years. She was named a Friend of the Opera House in 1988.
She is survived by her children, Margaret (Daryl) Nagel, Sioux Falls, S.D. and Martin (Robin) Ritter, Lake Benton; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; four sisters, Martha "Jo" Lubben, Hot Springs, Ark.; Bernice Sitzman, LeMars, Iowa; Audrey (Arnis) Jakobsons, Elmhurst, Ill. and Hester (Jerry) Thoms, Sioux City, Iowa; two brothers, Harm Lubben, Sioux Falls and Stanley (Charlene) Lubben, LeMars, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Herman; a son, Richard and one brother, Art.
(Hartquist Funeral Home,
Utoft-Johansen Chapel,
Lake Benton)
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