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 m. (1) THEODORE FRANCIS REAL on October 27, 1931¹²⁸⁶⁸, m. (2) WAYNE LEON TAYLOR; d. May 9, 1987, Clovis, Fresno, California.^{250, 12869}
2. JAMES LAWRENCE RITZMAN, b. September 3, 1914, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado;⁷³⁷⁷ m. GALINA KOCH; d. December 11, 1989, Riverside County, California;²⁵⁰ bur. Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside County, California.⁴⁵⁶
3. CARL ALBERT RITZMAN, b. March 16, 1916, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado;^{250, 7377} d. October 15, 1945, Gardena, Los Angeles, California.^{250, 456}
4. HARRIET ALICE RITZMAN, b. March 15, 1919;¹⁷⁴⁶ m. (1) MAURICE A. OWENS on May 23, 1939 in California⁷⁵⁴⁰, m. (2) ALLEN CHRISTIANSEN in Clark County, Nevada; d. November 14, 2012, Henderson, Rusk, Texas.¹²⁸⁶⁷
5. WILLIAM EARL RITZMAN, b. November 19, 1920, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado;⁷³⁷⁷ d. December 24, 1999.⁴⁵³²



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.

Lake Elsinore Valley Sun-Tribune, December 20, 1989¹²⁸⁷⁰

James Ritzman

Lake Elsinore resident James Lawrence Ritzman died Dec. 11, 1989, at Inland Valley Regional Medical Center in Wildomar. He was 75.

Ritzman, a resident of the area for more than 15 years, was born Sept. 3, 1914, in Montrose, Colo.

He was employed as a technical illustrator in the aerospace industry for 30 years and his hobbies were cars, airplanes and traveling. Ritzman was also a flight engineer in the Army.

Ritzman was buried in the Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside.

He is survived by his wife, Galinda; one daughter, Shelia Rogers of San Pedro; one sister, Harriet Christiansen of Torrance; one brother, William of Lake Elsinore; and two grandchildren.

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 Harriet Alice Ritzman
April 12, 1930337	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California	John Lawrence Ritzman Nellie Irene Carkhuff Laura Irene Ritzman James Lawrence Ritzman Carl Albert Ritzman Harriet Alice Ritzman William Earl Ritzman
April 5, 19404631	Lompoc, Santa Barbara, California	John Lawrence Ritzman James Lawrence Ritzman