Riter, Mrs. Edwin (Dorothea) 1884-1918

RITER, DETLOFF

Posted By: Linda Ziemann (email)
Date: 5/1/2004 at 16:26:16

MRS. RITER DIES
POPULAR YOUNG WOMAN SUCCUMBS TO INFLUENZA
HAD LIVED HERE ALL HER LIFE
Deceased Was a Member of Pioneer Family of Elgin Township and Was Prominent in Church and Social Life of that Community

Mrs. Riter, wife of Edwin Riter, of Elgin township, died at the city hospital on Friday following an illness of influenza and pneumonia.

The death of this well known and popular woman is a great blow to her husband, children and other relatives and many friends.

Mrs. Riter was a daughter of the late Henry Detloff and Mrs. Detloff, of this city, and spent all her life in Plymouth County. Dorothea Wilhelmina Detloff was born on April 23, 1884, on the old home farm in Elgin township and grew up there receiving her education in the country schools and the LeMars high school.

She was united in marriage with Edwin H. Riter on August 24, 1905, and they made their home on a farm in Elgin township, where they prospered and were happy in the work and pleasant surrounding and prominent in the social life of the community.

Besides her bereaved husband the young mother leaves five children to mourn her death and miss her loving tender care. The children are: Eldon, Dwight, Fred, Pauline and Marjorie. She also leaves to mourn their loss, her mother, Mrs. Henry Detloff, of this city, her sisters, Mrs. Matt Myers, and Mrs. H. R. Dealy, of Sioux City, Mrs. H. Reints and Mrs Will Henrich, of Seney, Mrs. Sam Uthe, of LeMars, and her brothers, Henry C. Detloff, Edward Detloff and Arthur Detloff, of Elgin township. One sister, Minnie, preceded her in death.

The funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon from the home of Mrs. Henry Detloff on Eagle street and were attended by a large number of sorrowing and sympathizing friends.

The services were conducted by Rev. Bertie Watson, of Galva, and Rev. C. E. Holman, of Seney. The interment was made in the city cemetery.

Mrs. Riter was naturally cheerful, thoughtful, kind and ever ready to give her service in any good movement for the benefit of the community.

She became a member of the Methodist church at the age of fourteen and lived a Christian life and was an active worker in the Seney church and aid society. She was a devoted wife, an ideal mother, a splendid neighbor. The memory of her life will be an inspiration to those who knew her.

Beautiful floral offerings were sent by the Struble Ladies aid society, the Seney Junior League, the Seney Grange, the teachers and scholars of the Seney school and many friends.

It was with profound sorrow that the people of Seney and community received the sad news of her death.

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