Retha (Ball) RICHTER

BALL, RICHTER, KRAUSE, HENLEY, LARUE, WANKEN, FRENKA, STEENHARD, STILLETT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/4/2008 at 09:32:47

Mrs. John Richter [nee Retha Ball]
Following two years of suffering from asthma Mrs. John Richter, Jr., of Wesley, passed away Tuesday night [1943] about 10 o'clock at her home. During the past year she had visited different parts of the country in the hopes of finding relief, but to no avail. She is survived by her husband and two small sons, John Phillip, 4, and Michael, 2. Born November 29, 1915, at Rowan, Iowa, she moved later with her foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Krause, to Garner. She graduated from the Garner high school in 1934 and later took a course in the Hamilton School of Commerce at Mason City. On October 27, 1936 she was married to John Richter, Jr., of Wesley, and they became the parents of two sons. She is also survived by her father, Chas. Ball and five sisters and two brothers. The surviving brothers and sisters are Mrs. Edna Henley, Clarion; Mrs. Goldie Wanken, Renwick; Mrs. Veola Frenka, state of Washington; Mrs. Isabelle Steenhard, Hampton; Mrs. May Stillett, Mason City; Clarence Ball, Shell Rock and Orville Ball of Rowan. Three sisters had preceded her in death. Her mother [nee Viola LaRue] passed away in 1918. Funeral services will be held Friday from the St. Joseph's Catholic church, Wesley, with Rev. L. N. Klein in charge of the services.

Source unknown, ca. 1943