Nell Ritchie of Emporia died on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at her home. She was 88.
Nell was born on November 13, 1927 in Pascagoula, Mississippi the daughter of G.C. and Dell Pittman Taylor. She married Floyd James Ritchie on March 3, 1946 in Adel, Georgia. He died on November 8, 1995 in Kansas City, Kansas.
Surviving family members include: sons, John Ritchie and wife Gloria of Alexandria, Louisiana, Don Ritchie of Emporia, and Ron Ritchie and wife Connie of Shawnee, Kansas; grandchildren, Jeanni Thrasher, Sherri Steimel, Summer Lunsway, Elizabeth Ritchie, and John Ritchie; ten great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter in law Charlene Ritchie, one great-granddaughter, two brothers, and four sisters.
Nell was a member of Westside Baptist Church. She was a resident of Emporia since 1965 and retired from the Emporia School District.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at Westside Baptist Church, Emporia with burial at Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia and from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the church. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions to Westside Baptist Church, Hand in Hand Hospice, or to the charity of the donor’s choice can be sent in care of the funeral home.
To order
memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Nell Ritchie, please visit our
flower store.