Roberta E. Ritchie

Full Name: Roberta E. Ritchie Age: 88 Years Sex: F

Current address: Ft. Worth, Texas

Date of death: Friday , September 20, 2002

Place of death: Serenity Haven Care Home


Date of birth: October 4, 1913 Place of birth: Topeka, Kansas

Parents: Ralph and Zola Beard Baker

Years in current city/town: Lived in Topeka all of her life until 2 years ago when she moved to Ft. Worth, TX.

Background: Graduated from Topeka High School. She worked with her husband for 33 years at the Shawnee Country Club. In her retirement she began a career in oil painting.

Relatives: Married to: Bob Ritchie on May 14, 1940 in Topeka, Kansas. He preceded her in death in 1995 after 55 years of marriage.

preceded in death by: Husband, Bob Ritchie and her sister, Kathryn Bell formerly of Topeka, KS
Immediate survivors:
Daughter: Joan Pinick, Keller, TX
Grandchildren: 2 Julie M. Lange, Wichita, KS
Richard H. Pinick, Ft. Worth, TX
Great Grandsons: 2 Joshua M. Lange, Wichita, KS
Stephen A. Lange, Wichita, KS
Nephew: Richard S. Bell , Sumter, SC
Great Nephew: Scott Bell, Sumter, SC
Great Niece: Genevieve Bell, Sumter, SC

Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 11:00 a.m, Thursday, September 26, 2002 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel.

Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery Topeka, Kansas

Visitation times, place: Roberta Ritchie will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel after1:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 25, 2002 where the family will receive friends from 6-7pm .


Memorial contributions, if any: Meals on Wheels 1500 SW 10th Topeka, KS 66604