Iva Pearl Ritter

June 14, 1924 - November 5, 2019

Iva Pearl Ritter, 95, Goshen, died 6:20 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 at Greencroft Healthcare. She was born June 14, 1924, in Vermillion County, Cayuga, to George & Edna (Arnold) Greenawalt. On April 18, 1942, she married Frederick Ritter in Bryan, Ohio, and he died Oct. 16, 1981. Surviving are a son, Carl Ritter, Goshen, 11 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, 29 great-great-grandchildren, 1 step-great-great-grandchild and a sister, Opal Juday, Goshen. Preceding her in death are her parents, husband, sons, George & Gary Ritter, daughters, Jeanne Mishler & Karol Ritter, a son-in-law, David Mishler, a daughter-in-law, Janice Ritter, sisters, Muriel Craft, Druscilla Trosper, Edythe Shapland and a brother, Harold Greenawalt. Iva was a 1943 graduate of Goshen High School. She was a homemaker, a Den Mother and served on the Election Board for 20 years. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, and the funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, all at Rieth-Rohrer-Ehret Funeral Home, 311 S. Main St., Goshen. Rev. Lenny Krebs will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. Memorial donations may be directed to the Goshen V.F.W. Online condolences may be sent at www.rrefh.com