Helen Ritter

Helen Ritter, 94, of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, Nov. 24, at Park Place Long-Term Care Unit in Mt. Pleasant.

Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 28 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Mt. Pleasant. A funeral service will follow at 10 a.m., with the Rev. Joseph Phung officiating. A private family burial will be at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church Cemetery.

Memorials have been established for St. Alphonsus Catholic Church or to Hospice of Central Iowa in her memory. Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant is handling the arrangements; online condolences may be sent at www.beattymurphyfh.com.

She was born March 18, 1914, in Potosi, Mo., the daughter of Edward and Mary Gilliam Bub. On Aug. 31, 1940, she married James Ritter in De Soto, Mo.

For more, see our Nov. 26 print edition.