In Loving Memory
Jimmie Ritchart

In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be given to Iowa Great Lakes Lutheran School in Spencer, Iowa.

VISITATION
Sunday, January 15, 2017
3:00 - 6:00 P.M.
First English Lutheran Church
Spencer, Iowa

SERVICE
Monday, January 16, 2017
10:00 A.M.
First English Lutheran Church
Spencer, Iowa

CLERGY
Rev. Paul Kaldahl

ORGANIST
Kristin Kaldahl

VOCALIST
Steve Tommeraasen

HONORARY BEARERS
Brothers and Sisters in Christ
of First English Lutheran Church

CASKET BEARERS
Rich Hartmann
Mike Morfitt
Bill Raska
Leonard Langner
Mitch Andersen
Tom Roti

INTERMENT
Riverside Cemetery
Spencer, Iowa

Jimmie Ritchart, daughter of Dr. Louis and Grace (Kelsey) Keith, was born April 6, 1929 in Tacoma Park, Maryland. She was raised primarily in the southeast in Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. Jimmie graduated from Forest Lake Academy in Apopka, Florida.

On August 2, 1946 Jimmie was united in marriage to Harry J. Ritchart in Orlando, Florida. To this union a son was born.

Jimmie and Harry moved to Mallard, Iowa, where they lived for several years before moving to Ruthven. While living in Mallard, Jimmie was a devoted member of Trinity Lutheran Church where she played the organ.

Jimmie helped manage the Lumberyard in Terril. She also worked at J.C. Penney's in Spencer and built toy tractors for Gilson Riecke. Jimmie volunteered countless hours at the Lutheran Camp in Okoboji.

Jimmie was a member of First English Lutheran Church in Spencer where she was active in the Young at Heart Club and Bible Study. She was a past member of the Mallard American Legion Auxiliary.

Jimmie passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at the Spencer Municipal Hospital, at the age of 87. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dr. Louis and Grace Keith; her step mother, Thelma Keith; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Harry and Minnie Ritchart; two brothers-in-law, John "Buck" Hadden and Edward Collins; and sister-in-law, Betty Yates.

She is survived by her husband, Harry of Ruthven, Iowa; her son and daughter-in-law, Harry "Skip" and Ann Ritchart of Royal, Iowa; four grandchildren, Ona Johnson and her husband, Jeff, Ami Steffen, Jennifer Findling and William Ritchart; eleven great grandchildren; six great-great grandchildren; a brother, Louis Keith of Pooler, Georgia; three sisters, Joyce Collins, Brenda Handden and Kim King (Doug) all of Augusta, Georgia; nieces and nephews; as well as many other relatives and friends.

Arrangements by Martin-Mattice Funeral Home