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Richard Ritz Obituary
Richard "Dick" L. Ritz passed away peacefully after a short illness on August 24, 2020 at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital. Dick was born on June 16, 1947 in Richmond, IN. After graduating from Kokomo High School in 1965, he attended Ball State University where he graduated with a master's degree in education. He met his first wife, Susan C. Bauer, at the university, and they married in 1969 in Huntington, IN. In 1971, he began a 31-year teaching career at Muncie Community Schools, where he taught seventh and eighth graders until his retirement in 2002. He met his second wife, Lucinda "Cindy" Knight, at Muncie Community Schools where they both worked. They married in Las Vegas, NV in 2002. Cindy preceded him in death in 2012.
He is survived by a daughter, Cheyanne Ritz (Drew Buckingham), a son, Bryan Ritz, a stepdaughter, Misty (Tannon) McElfresh, a stepson, Patrick Knight, and a sister, Victoria (Ralph) Rhees.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard L. Ritz and Helen V. Ritz (Hastings); and his grandparents, Ethel (Lynch) and Levi Ritz, and Margaret (Kutter) and Leo Hastings.
Cremation services will be provided by Elm Ridge Funeral Home, Muncie (no services or calling hours are planned). In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Muncie Animal Shelter or Muncie Animal Rescue Fund.
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Don Holderman
August 30, 2020
Dick had a great sense of humor. We had a lot of laughs on our Canada fishing trips.
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