Sammie Frank RITTER

1927 - 2001  (73 years)

• Name	Sammie Frank RITTER
  Birth	23 Jun 1927	Junction City, Geary, Kansas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Previous Residence	Flower Mound, Denton, Texas, United States   [1]
  	Previous Residence
  Residence	1935	Same House   [1]
  Residence	1940	Smoky Hill Township, Geary, Kansas, United States   [1]
  _FSFTID	P3P3-CHZ
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/P3P3-CHZ
  _UID	7A7B7625599D43C1B3AD04A0B9A18AE658C8
  Burial	2001	Junction City, Geary, Kansas, United States of America   [1]
  Death	19 Apr 2001	Denton, Texas, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I28905	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Otto RITTER,   b. 2 Jun 1902, Geary, Kansas, United States d. 17 Jul 1991, Junction City, Geary, Kansas, United States (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Helen DUFFY,   b. 20 Jan 1905, Kansas d. 21 Jun 1986, Junction City, Geary, Kansas, United States (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F536734881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edna Marie BARESEL,   b. 21 Jul 1929, Junction City, Geary, Kansas
  Marriage	23 Dec 1951	Junction City, Geary, Kansas, United States
  Children	1. Sammie Otto RITTER, Jr   2. John Daryl RITTER
  Family ID	F12569	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Sammie "Sam" Frank Ritter, 73, formerly of Junction City, died Thursday, April 19, 2001, in Flower Mound, Texas. He had Lou Gehrig's Disease. Mr. Ritter was manager of engineering services for Mobil Oil Corporations's oil exploration efforts for 38 years. He also was a veteran of the Marine Corps and a private pilot. He was born June 23, 1927, on a farm west of Junction City, the son of Samuel Otto and Dorothy Helen Duffy Ritter. He graduated from Junction City High School, where he had served as class president, in 1944. He earned a bachelor's degree at Kansas State University. Mr. Ritter was a member of Lamb of God Lutheran Church in Lewisville, Texas, where he sang in the choir and formed the church vegetable gardens to benefit needy families. He married Edna Baresel in December 1951. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Sammie Ritter and John Ritter, both of Austin, Texas; two sisters, Joanne Lee and Janette Vogelsang, both of Junction City; a brother, Bill Ritter, Junction City; and five grandchildren. Posted: Sunday, April 22, 2001 By Topeka Capital Journal

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 18 Jul 2025), entry for Sammie RITTER, person ID P3P3-CHZ. (Reliability: 3).