RINGER, Alfred V. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Alfred Victor Ringer, 82, 311 Lincoln St., Williamsport, died at 3:35 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, in Williamsport Community Hospital. He had been in ill health five months. He was born in Williamsport Nov.10, 1903, the son of Victor H. and Alice Thomas Ringer. He was married April 19, 1929, in Indianapolis, to Dorothy E. Slabaugh, who survives. He graduated from Attica High School in 1922. He received his bachelor's degree from Indiana University in 1926, his law degree in 1928 and his doctor of jurisprudence in 1967. He was a partner in the law firm of Ringer and Dowd, which was founded by his father, the late Victor H. Ringer. He practiced law from 1928 to 1984, serving as prosecuting attorney from 1935 to 1940, town attorney from 1940 to 1972, county attorney from 1953 to 1970, and deputy prosecuting attorney from 1979 to 1982. In 1984 he was named a Sagamore of the Wabash. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Indiana State Bar Association; Indiana Bar Foundation; Warren County Bar Association; Rotary International; Shrine; Elks; Warren County Historical Society; James Whitcomb Riley Association; a 50-year Mason and a 50-year member of the Eastern Star. He also was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi Legal fraternity and Sigma Nu Social fraternity. He received the Rotary International Service Award in 1952, the Indiana State Bar Association Presidential Citation in 1974, and was named in Who's Who in the Midwest, Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who in the World. Surviving, besides his wife, are two sons, Thomas L. Ringer, Malibu, Calif., and Dr. William A. Ringer, Route 4, Attica; one daughter, Mrs. Joan R. Larson, Williamsport; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Two brothers preceded him in death. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today (Friday) at the Fisher Funeral Home, Williamsport. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Fisher Chapel with the Rev. Charles B. Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Highland Cemetery. Those so desiring may contribute in memoriam to the Williamsport Community Hospital