Obit from the Longview Daily News, Longview, Washington, June 2, 1983:
DONALD E. RITTENBERG
Donald E. Rittenberg, 71, of 927 S. Nevada Drive, Longview, died June 1, 1983, in a local hospital. He was born Aug. 13, 1911 at Clipper, Wash. to a Lynden, Wash., pioneer family. He moved to Bellingham and then to Portland where he lived most of his life before moving to Longview 14 years ago.
Rittenberg was a retired head sanderman for International Paper. Before his career in the plywood industry, he was a marine engineer and worked on vessels in Puget Sound and Alaskan waters.
He was a member of ATOL and past president of the Wurlitizer Organ Guild.
Surviving are his wife, Cora Rittenberg, at home; a daughter and son, Donna Lee Childs and Ronald I. Rittenberg, both of Bellingham; a stepdaughter, Carolyn Collins of Longview; a stepson, James K. Horner of Reno, Nev., a sister, Elizabeth "Bette" Laws of Council, Alaska; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
There will be a memorial service at 3:30 p.m. Friday at McVicker's Chapel on the Hill with the Rev. Bernard Colby officiating. Graveside services and interment will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Lynden Cemetery.
Friends who wish to express sympathy may contribute to their favorite charity.
DONALD E. RITTENBERG
Donald E. Rittenberg, 71, of 927 S. Nevada Drive, Longview, died June 1, 1983, in a local hospital. He was born Aug. 13, 1911 at Clipper, Wash. to a Lynden, Wash., pioneer family. He moved to Bellingham and then to Portland where he lived most of his life before moving to Longview 14 years ago.
Rittenberg was a retired head sanderman for International Paper. Before his career in the plywood industry, he was a marine engineer and worked on vessels in Puget Sound and Alaskan waters.
He was a member of ATOL and past president of the Wurlitizer Organ Guild.
Surviving are his wife, Cora Rittenberg, at home; a daughter and son, Donna Lee Childs and Ronald I. Rittenberg, both of Bellingham; a stepdaughter, Carolyn Collins of Longview; a stepson, James K. Horner of Reno, Nev., a sister, Elizabeth "Bette" Laws of Council, Alaska; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
There will be a memorial service at 3:30 p.m. Friday at McVicker's Chapel on the Hill with the Rev. Bernard Colby officiating. Graveside services and interment will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Lynden Cemetery.
Friends who wish to express sympathy may contribute to their favorite charity.
Obit from the Longview Daily News, Longview, Washington, June 2, 1983:
DONALD E. RITTENBERG
Donald E. Rittenberg, 71, of 927 S. Nevada Drive, Longview, died June 1, 1983, in a local hospital. He was born Aug. 13, 1911 at Clipper, Wash. to a Lynden, Wash., pioneer family. He moved to Bellingham and then to Portland where he lived most of his life before moving to Longview 14 years ago.
Rittenberg was a retired head sanderman for International Paper. Before his career in the plywood industry, he was a marine engineer and worked on vessels in Puget Sound and Alaskan waters.
He was a member of ATOL and past president of the Wurlitizer Organ Guild.
Surviving are his wife, Cora Rittenberg, at home; a daughter and son, Donna Lee Childs and Ronald I. Rittenberg, both of Bellingham; a stepdaughter, Carolyn Collins of Longview; a stepson, James K. Horner of Reno, Nev., a sister, Elizabeth "Bette" Laws of Council, Alaska; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
There will be a memorial service at 3:30 p.m. Friday at McVicker's Chapel on the Hill with the Rev. Bernard Colby officiating. Graveside services and interment will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Lynden Cemetery.
Friends who wish to express sympathy may contribute to their favorite charity.
DONALD E. RITTENBERG
Donald E. Rittenberg, 71, of 927 S. Nevada Drive, Longview, died June 1, 1983, in a local hospital. He was born Aug. 13, 1911 at Clipper, Wash. to a Lynden, Wash., pioneer family. He moved to Bellingham and then to Portland where he lived most of his life before moving to Longview 14 years ago.
Rittenberg was a retired head sanderman for International Paper. Before his career in the plywood industry, he was a marine engineer and worked on vessels in Puget Sound and Alaskan waters.
He was a member of ATOL and past president of the Wurlitizer Organ Guild.
Surviving are his wife, Cora Rittenberg, at home; a daughter and son, Donna Lee Childs and Ronald I. Rittenberg, both of Bellingham; a stepdaughter, Carolyn Collins of Longview; a stepson, James K. Horner of Reno, Nev., a sister, Elizabeth "Bette" Laws of Council, Alaska; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
There will be a memorial service at 3:30 p.m. Friday at McVicker's Chapel on the Hill with the Rev. Bernard Colby officiating. Graveside services and interment will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Lynden Cemetery.
Friends who wish to express sympathy may contribute to their favorite charity.
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