RITER, Helen F. 1918-2003

RITER, CHALLSTROM, JOHNSON, MONROE, BARNARD, BLEY, FOREMAN, ANDERSON, MCLEAN, BEENKEN

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 2/26/2013 at 18:05:05

Helen F. Riter was born October 14, 1918, in New Hartford, Iowa, the daughter of William S. and Emma C. (Johnson) Challstrom.

She married Morris Verne Riter on January 20, 1938 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He preceded her in death on December 23, 1996. Helen died Monday, April 14, 2003, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa, at 84 years of age.

She is survived by a son, Dennis V. Riter and his wife Gay, of Cedar Falls, Iowa; three daughters: Leanne Monroe and her special friend, Robert Crompton, of International Falls, Minnesota, Sharyn Barnard and Jeanine Bley, both of Cedar Falls; eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.

Helen was preceded in death by her husband and parents; two brothers, Elmer and Everett Challstrom, and four sisters: Florence Foreman, Mildred McLean, Dorothy Beenken and Ethel Andersen.

Funeral services were 10:00 a.m. Thursday, April 17, 2003, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home. A memorial fund will be established.

[Source: Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home]