Wilbur T. Ritter

Wilbur T. Ritter, 87, of Falmouth, passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2008, at the Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana. Born on March 1, 1921 in Pendleton County, Kentucky, he was one of seven children born to the late William Jacob and Edna Hobday Ritter. He was a retired Falmouth Postmaster and a member and deacon of the Richland Baptist Church, Harrison County. He was also a former board member and director of the former Pendleton Federal Savings and Loan and the Riverside Cemetery Company. He was a district sales manager and former State President with Woodmen of the World. He worked for the postal service for over thirty years, starting out as a part-time rural route carrier and working his way up to Postmaster. He retired in 1980. He spent his retirement between Falmouth and a winter home in Clearwater, Florida. He lived in the same house in Falmouth for 52 years. On February 8, 1942, he married Dorothy Wright Ritter, and his dear wife of 66 years survives his passing. He is also survived by his son, Larry Ritter of Falmouth, and his daughter, Sue Gray of Georgetown; and six siblings ranging in age from 81 to 94: brother, William Ritter, Jr. of Falmouth and sisters: Virgilene Moore and Mildred Showalter, both of Falmouth; Lucille Abernathy and Ruby Doggett, both of Cynthiana, and Hazel Hamm of Richmond, Indiana. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, July 14, 2008, at the Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth, with Rev. Richard Kendall officiating. The pallbearers will be William Ritter, Curtis Reeves, Bob Barlow, Charles Ernest Wright, Charlie Wyatt, Victor Moore, Jimmy Gray, and Bob Jones. The honorary pallbearers will be Mike Ritter, David Sydnor, Garry Showalter, Richard Hamm, Dwayne Hamm, Tony Worrell, Billy King, Sherrill Clifford, and Karl Hicks. The visitation will be from 4-8:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 13, 2008, at the funeral home with a special ceremony by the Woodmen of the World. Interment will take place in the Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth. Memorials are suggested to Richland Cemetery Fund, c/o Woodhead Funeral Home, 310 W. Shelby Street, Falmouth, Kentucky 41040 or the Riverside Cemetery, 409 Ridgeway, Falmouth, Kentucky 41040. Online condolences can be sent to www.woodheadfuneralhome.com

Wilbur T. Ritter

March 1, 1921 - July 10, 2008