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Magdalena Hettwer Ritchie

Birth	:	25 Aug 1905 Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Death	:	4 Apr 2002 Kingsley, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Memorial Cemetery, Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7875000, -96.1504920
Description	:	KINGSLEY, Iowa -- Magdalena Ritchie, 96, of Kingsley died Thursday, April 4, 2002, at Kingsley Nursing and Rehab Center. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Carlsen Funeral Home in Le Mars, Iowa, with the Rev. Daniel Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. today, with family present after 6 p.m., at the funeral home. Mrs. Ritchie was born Aug. 25, 1905, in the Nerchau, Saxony, Germany, the daughter of Joseph and Emma (Hessel) Hettwer. She was baptized in Germany. At the age of 5 1/2, she immigrated to... Read More	KINGSLEY, Iowa -- Magdalena Ritchie, 96, of Kingsley died Thursday, April 4, 2002, at Kingsley Nursing and Rehab Center. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Carlsen Funeral Home in Le Mars, Iowa, with the Rev. Daniel Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. today, with family present after 6 p.m., at the funeral home. Mrs. Ritchie was born Aug. 25, 1905, in the Nerchau, Saxony, Germany, the daughter of Joseph and Emma (Hessel) Hettwer. She was baptized in Germany. At the age of 5 1/2, she immigrated to the United States with her parents and sister, Erna. They settled south of Remsen, Iowa. She was confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Remsen. She did domestic work in the Marcus, Iowa, area where she met her husband, Homer Ritchie. They were married May 23, 1924, in Sioux City. They farmed in the Marion Township. In 1928, they moved to a farm in Union Township where she lived until October 2001, when she because a resident of the Kingsley Nursing and Rehab Center. She and Homer had three children, Eunice, Joe and Dale. She was a member of Union Township Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed needlework, indoor gardening, and baking until she became ill in October 2001. Survivors include a son and his wife, Joe and Wilma Ritchie of Kingsley; six grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a son-in-law, Ted Hayden of Westfield, Iowa; her stepmother, Sadie Hettwer of Le Mars; four half sisters, Delores and her husband, Fred Hoxie, Carolene and her husband, Wilbur Petersen, Mary and her husband, Louie Luschen, and Kay Fiedler, all of Le Mars; four half brothers, Raymond of St. Louis, Mo., Richard Hettwer of Granite Falls, Ill., Robert and his wife, Marion Hettwer of Sioux Falls, and Ken and his wife, Shirley Hettwer of Le Mars. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a daughter, Eunice Hayden; a son, Dale Ritchie; a grandson, Jim Ritchie; a great-granddaughter, Jill Mowry; a sister, Erna Ernst; and a half sister, Judy Dreckman. Pallbearers will be Tim Lang, Joe Kessenich, Larry Ruchti, Clifford Ferrin, Roger Dempster and Ken Maass. Sioux City Journal Sunday, April 7, 2002 Sioux City, Iowa

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Magdalena Hettwer Ritchie's memorial is located at: Memorial Cemetery, Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA.
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Magdalena Hettwer Ritchie death on 4 Apr 2002 in Kingsley, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.7875000
Longitude: -96.1504920

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Homer Merritt Ritchie

(1900 - 1983)

Siblings

DeLores Ann Hettwer Hoxsie

(1929 - 2017)

Kenneth Francis “Ken” Hettwer

(1934 - 2014)

Carolene Marie Hettwer Petersen

(1938 - 2005)

Children

Joseph Harold “Joe” Ritchie

(1927 - 2014)

Dale Ritchie

(1929 - 1946)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Memorial Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7875000, -96.1504920

2. Calvary Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7939000, -96.1527100

3. Resthaven Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8375015, -96.1686020

4. Seney Cemetery
Seney, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8586655, -96.1265106

5. Saint Catherines Cemetery
Oyens, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8224200, -96.0563900

6. Saint Peter Cemetery
Brunsville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8081017, -96.2767029

7. Hillside Cemetery
Merrill, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7291985, -96.2544022

8. Assumption Catholic Cemetery
Merrill, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7214480, -96.2583450

9. Stanton Cemetery
Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6786003, -96.1900024

10. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Struble, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8953018, -96.2005997

11. Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8514600, -96.2902600

12. Saint Marys Cemetery
Remsen, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8078003, -95.9781036

13. Remsen Cemetery
Remsen, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8058014, -95.9775009

14. Union Cemetery
Remsen, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6917000, -96.0291977

15. Plymouth Presbyterian Cemetery
Brunsville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8208760, -96.3318410

16. Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery
Adaville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7484000, -96.3315000

17. Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery
Neptune, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6447560, -96.1148360

18. Floyd Valley Cemetery
Hinton, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6556015, -96.2514038

19. Mathwig Wetrovsky Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6338000, -96.1723000

20. Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
Hinton, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6330950, -96.1937720

21. Saint Johns Cemetery
Craig, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8939018, -96.3225021

22. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Johnson Township, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7416992, -96.3707962

23. Saint Marys Cemetery
Maurice, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9594002, -96.1769028

24. Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery
Ruble, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8372000, -96.3799000