Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Elsie H. Ritter

July 30, 1920 - Feb. 18, 1994

 

South Bend Tribune 2/20/1994

SOUTH BEND - Elsie H. Ritter, 73, of Queens Row, formerly of 1230 N. O'Brien, died at 3 p.m. Friday in her home. Mrs. Ritter was born July 30, 1920, in South Bend.

 

On July 1, 1961, as Elsie Copcsa, she married Charles H. Ritter. He died Feb. 3, 1992. Surviving are four sons, Frank R. Cerveny of Sacramento, Calif., Dennis A. Cerveny of Jacksonville, N.C., Richard J. Cerveny of Burkburnett, Texas, and Terry L. Cerveny of Colorado Springs, Colo.; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Elizabeth Charles of St. Charles, Ill., Rose Hamilton of Hemet, Calif., and Ethel Cox of South Bend. She was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 360 Auxiliary, Mishawaka.

 

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Welsheimer Funeral Home, 521 N. William St. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from from 3 to 6 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County.