Nellie Irene Carkhuff and John Lawrence Ritzman

JOHN LAWRENCE RITZMAN was born May 2, 1892,²⁵⁰ and died September 15, 1967 in San Bernardino County, California.²⁵⁰ He is buried in Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Calimesa, Riverside, California.⁴⁵⁶

He married NELLIE IRENE CARKHUFF on January 30, 1913 in Delta, Delta, Colorado,⁸²⁶¹ daughter of HARRIET WINSLOW BLAIR and JAMES HENRY CARKHUFF. She was born July 28, 1893 in Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas,⁴⁵³² and died July 24, 1983 in Madera County, California.²⁵⁰ She is buried in Arbor Vitae Cemetery, Madera, Madera, California.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Nellie I. Carkhuff)

Children of NELLIE IRENE CARKHUFF and JOHN LAWRENCE RITZMAN:

1. LAURA IRENE RITZMAN, b. February 24, 1913, Colorado;²⁵⁰ d. May 9, 1987, Fresno County, California.²⁵⁰
2. JAMES LAWRENCE RITZMAN, b. September 3, 1914, Colorado;²⁵⁰ d. December 11, 1989, Riverside County, California.²⁵⁰
3. CARL ALBERT RITZMAN, b. March 16, 1916, Colorado;²⁵⁰ d. October 15, 1945, Los Angeles County, California.²⁵⁰
4. WILLIAM EARL RITZMAN, b. November 19, 1920;⁴⁵³² d. December 24, 1999.⁴⁵³²
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Obituaries

Fresno Bee, July 26, 1983⁹²⁵⁶

Nellie I. Ritzman

MADERA — Graveside services for Nellie I. Ritzman, 89, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Arbor Vitae Cemetery.

Mrs. Ritzman died Sunday.

Born in Kansas, she lived in Madera 36 years.

Mrs. Ritzman was a waitress and homemaker.

Surviving are two sons, James and William, both of Lake Elsinore; two daughters, Harriett Christensen of Torrance and Laura Taylor of Auberry; 14 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

The Jay Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 20, 19003202	Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas	James Henry Carkhuff Harriet Winslow Blair Catherine Millie Carkhuff Herman Glen Carkhuff Houston F. Carkhuff Walter Emerson Carkhuff James Elmer Carkhuff Wilbur Newton Carkhuff Clarissa Helen Carkhuff Nellie Irene Carkhuff
April 18, 19108263	Montrose, Montrose, Colorado	James Henry Carkhuff Harriet Winslow Blair Wilbur Newton Carkhuff Clarissa Helen Carkhuff Nellie Irene Carkhuff
January 14, 19208271	Montrose, Montrose, Colorado	John Lawrence Ritzman Nellie Irene Carkhuff Laura Irene Ritzman James Lawrence Ritzman Carl Albert Ritzman Daughter
April 12, 1930337	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California	John Lawrence Ritzman Nellie Irene Carkhuff Laura Irene Ritzman James Lawrence Ritzman Carl Albert Ritzman Daughter William Earl Ritzman