RITTER, William

Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Monday, December 4, 1944, page 1, column 7 William Ritter Dies. Funeral Wednesday William Ritter, well-known Kirkland cattle rancher, died yesterday at noon in the home of Mrs. G. H. Miller, of Miller Valley, where he had come two weeks ago in order to be near his physician. He had been ill for the past year. He was 72 year of age. Born in California, the deceased was brought as a boy of four to Arizona, where the family settled at the Rock House, four miles south of Hillside, on the road along which freight teams plied between Prescott and Ehrenberg. He had lived in Kirkland since 1906, and was an active member of the Arizona and Yavapai Cattle Growers association. Ritter is survived by his wife, Mrs. Pearl J. Ritter, and two brothers - Henry, of California, and Wayne R., of Tempe, Arizona. Two other brothers, Edward and John pre-deceased him. He also leaves a nephew, Curtis Ritter, of Kirkland, and a niece, Mrs. Charles Lange, who is teaching school in Ashfork, who are son and daughter of Edward Ritter. Another niece is Mrs. G. H. Miller, of Miller Valley, daughter of John Ritter. Mrs. Alta Rose Cherry of Miller Valley is also a niece. The funeral, which will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, at the Lester Ruffner Funeral Home, will be conducted by Charles Franklin Parker. Interment will be in the family plot in the Simmons cemetery, Miller Valley.