Extracted from The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, TX)
Sunday, November 17, 1985

RITCHEY

Bernice Ritchey, 63, of 11641 Leopard, died Saturday morning in a local hospital.

She was a member of Southside Baptist Church.

Survivors include two daughters, Mary Lou Bailey, Doris Elizabeth Pietzsch; one son, David A. Ritchey, all of Corpus Christi; eight grandchildren, Mary Houser, Dawn Bailey, Kimberly Price, Kep Pietzsch, Vicky Greer, and Cristy Pietzsch; a great-granddaughter, Jennifer Houser; three sisters, Thelma Jo Smith of Corpus Christi, Pauline Wilkins of Vanderpool, Texas; Carmen Schryver of Vanderpool, Texas; one brother, Samuel Lloyd Hawkins of California.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Monday at the Southside Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Seaside Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Jerry Vestal officiating.

Pallbearers will be Mark Houser, Stacy Houser, Ward Simmons, Nick Smith, Ralph Nowotny, and Bob Gaston.

Clifford Jackson Funeral Home, Kostoryz Road.