Thomas Allen Ritter

RITTER, WOODS, NECKER, URNESS, KRUGER, HEIDT

Posted By: dbeier (email)
Date: 11/15/2010 at 22:39:58

FAIRBANK - Thomas Allen Ritter, 60, of Fairbank, died Saturday, Nov. 13, at Ravenwood Nursing and Rehab Center, Waterloo, from complications of diabetes.

He was born April 18, 1950, in Oelwein, son of Arthur Floyd and Dorothy Louise Woods Ritter. He married Jo Necker on Jan. 18, 1975, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Oelwein.

She preceded him in death.

Mr. Ritter graduated from Oelwein High School, Oelwein, in 1969 and had been employed at Rockwell Automation, Sumner,

Survived by: two daughters, Jennifer (Ryan) Urness of Cedarburg, Wis., and Beth Ritter of Fairbank; a son, Scott of Fairbank; three granddaughters; three brothers, Harry (Mary) and Dick (Karolyn), both of Oelwein, and Mike of Hazleton; and two sisters, Pat (Dan) Kruger of Lake City, Minn., and Carol (Daniel) Heidt of Allison.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Woods Funeral Home, with burial in Immaculate Conception Cemetery, both in Fairbank.

Public visitation from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorials: may be directed to the family.