RITENOUR, Mable VanLeer
Source: The obituary is from a collection of newspaper (paper names not recorded) obituaries saved, by Fauniel Hershberger, during the 1950's, 60's, 70's and 80's. She was a life long resident of Fountain County Indiana. The collection is now housed at Crawfordsville District Public Library.
hand entered date 1967
WEST LEBANON—Funeral services for Mrs. Mable Ritenour, age 70, a life resident of the West Lebanon community, who died Wednesday, Nov. 1, at Lake View Memorial Hospital in Danville, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Crowmer & Siddens Funeral Home here. The Rev. Morris Kent officiated and burial was in the West Lebanon cemetery. Mrs. Ritenour, who had been hospitalized only a few hours, had been ill for two years. She was born Oct. 18, 1897, at Marshfield, the daughter of Isaac and Mary Jane Steele VanLeer. She was married May 18, 1946 at Attica to Jacob H. Ritenour, who died in July 1952. She had served as librarian at the West Lebanon Public Library for 18 years and was a school teacher. She was a member of the Church of the Nazarene. Her hobbies were quilting and reading. Survivors include: one stepdaughter, Mrs. Louis Morse of West Lebanon; one sister, Mrs. Leota Sisk of Attica; two step-grandchildren and 11 nieces and nephews. --typed by Walt W