Orpha May Rigter (1929-2010)

RIGTER, OLSON, BARKEMA, SWANSON, DOYLE, GREENFIELD, HEWITT, CARTER, VANLANGEN, TIM

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 2/22/2010 at 21:44:14

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, February 16, 2010.

Orpha May Rigter, 80, of Williams, passed away Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, at Bethany Manor in Story City, where she had lived since August 2006. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at Bethany Manor Chapel in Story City followed by burial in Williams Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at United Methodist Church in Williams. A prayer service will follow the visitation.

Orpha May Rigter, daughter of George and Rickie (Barkema) Olson, was born May 4, 1929, in Webster City. She graduated from Kamrar High School in 1947 and that summer attended Iowa Teachers College in Cedar Falls. She eventually became a country school teacher at the same school she previously attended.

She married Raymond Rigter Nov. 24, 1948, in Jewell. They farmed near Kamrar before moving to Williams in 1960 where they farmed east of town. She was a homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother and a waitress at the I-35 Restaurant for many years. She was an active member of United Methodist Church and UMW in Williams.

Family was always most important to Orpha. She was happiest entertaining in her home and spent many hours decorating for all the holiday and family celebrations enjoyed there.

She is survived by her husband, Raymond, of Williams; four children, Sandy (Larry) Swanson, of Manchester, Susan (Terry) Doyle, of Ames, John (Sandy) Rigter, of Williams, and Sally (Randy) Greenfield, of Kamrar; nine grandchildren, Amy Swanson, Jordan Swanson, Angela (Chris) Hewitt, Alison Doyle, Cale (Amber) Doyle, Joseph “J.D.” Rigter, Dan Greenfield, Ben Greenfield, and David Greenfield; five great-grandchildren, Tyler Doyle, and C.J., Carter, Caleigh and Claire Hewitt; four nieces and three nephews; her brother-in-law, Joel (Joan) Rigter, of South Carolina; and sister-in-law, Elaine (Alvin) VanLangen, of Jewell.

She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Rickie (Barkema) Olson; her sisters, Georgia (June) (Elmer) Timm, and Mary Ann Olson; and two nephews.

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