Person:Wesley Rittgers (1)

He is on the 1920 census, age 5, with widowed mother, Ethel, in Rippey, Washington Twp., Greene Co., Ia.[ED 118, p 172, fam #10/10] Continues here, age 15, with widowed mother on 1930 census. (ED 37-33, p. 2B, fam #55/55) He married Lois Mae ____. She was born 1917. Lois ' birth date is etched on their tombstone. At the time the Rippey Cemetery book was compiled , there was no death date on her stone. Wesley died Nov 1966[SS] in Greene County, Ia., and was buried in Rippey Cemetery, Greene Co., Ia. In records of Rippey Cemetery, we find Wesley D, 1914-1966, in Block 12, Lot 74. With him is Lois Mae, 1917- ____.

1. ↑ Social Security Death Index.
2. ↑ Social Security Death Index.
3. ↑ ED 118, p. 172, fam #10/10
   Rittgers, Ethel, head, 32, b Ia to par b Ia, no occupation
   Wesley, son, 5, b Ia to par b Ia.
4. ↑ ED 37-33, p. 2B, fam #55/55,
   Rittgers, Ethel L., head, owns home worth $1200, has radio, 42, widowed, b Ia to
   par b Ia., manager, beauty parlor
   Wesley D., son, 15, b Ia