Obituary for Hazel Fern Ritter
Hazel Fern Kelso Ritter
Born February 12, 1941 in Mooreland, Oklahoma, to Dirl Linsey Kelso and Elsie Fern Vandeslice Kelso.
She went to Mooreland school then moved to Canon City, Colorado where she graduated.
She met the love of her life Billy Lee Ritter. They married May 31, 1959 in Pueblo, Colorado. Of this union were born 2 sons and 1 daughter.
Hazel is preceded in death by her parents, Dirl and Elsie Kelso; husband, Billy Lee Ritter; brother, Lawrence and wife Stella Kelso; sister, Loretta Wycoff; brothers-in-law, Floyd, Westley Lane, John and wife Evelyn Ritter, Tommy Thompson; and one nephew Robert Ritter.
She is survived by her sons, Billy Lynn Ritter and wife Nancy of Keota, Oklahoma, Larry Ritter of Mangum, Oklahoma; daughter, Joetta Testerman and husband Dwight of Mangum, Oklahoma; one adopted granddaughter, Jodi Ritter; a sister-in-law, Effie Ritter Thompson; two brothers-in-law, Skipper Ritter and wife Peggy, Melvis Ritter and wife Blonde all of Mangum, Oklahoma; one sister-in-law Debbie Ritter; grandchildren, Chandy Ritter Belcher, Casey Ritter and wife Stephanie, Kristin Bratton, Derek Powell, Taylor Ritter, Cashlyn Ritter, Jason Hulsey, Jamie Ritter and husband Reuben Lovett, Vincent Shelton, Haley Shelton, and Brannon Testerman; great-grandchildren, Chabri Thompson, Naomi Ritter, Shaylee Ritter, Patrick Powell, Hannah Phipps and husband Roy, Ethan Lea, Arron Leal, Maddi Sheward, Elizabeth Reed, Cody Ritter, Yarina Lovett, Syrina Henson, and Pheonix Shelton; great-great grandchildren, Little Roy and Hazeleigh Phipps; as well as numerous nieces and nephews including her maternal nephew Wesley Keslo and niece Yvonne and husband Jack.
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Born February 12, 1941 in Mooreland, Oklahoma, to Dirl Linsey Kelso and Elsie Fern Vandeslice Kelso.
She went to Mooreland school then moved to Canon City, Colorado where she graduated.
She met the love of her life Billy Lee Ritter. They married May 31, 1959 in Pueblo, Colorado. Of this union were born 2 sons and 1 daughter.
Hazel is preceded in death by her parents, Dirl and Elsie Kelso; husband, Billy Lee Ritter; brother, Lawrence and wife Stella Kelso; sister, Loretta Wycoff; brothers-in-law, Floyd, Westley Lane, John and wife Evelyn Ritter, Tommy Thompson; and one nephew Robert Ritter.
She is survived by her sons, Billy Lynn Ritter and wife Nancy of Keota, Oklahoma, Larry Ritter of Mangum, Oklahoma; daughter, Joetta Testerman and husband Dwight of Mangum, Oklahoma; one adopted granddaughter, Jodi Ritter; a sister-in-law, Effie Ritter Thompson; two brothers-in-law, Skipper Ritter and wife Peggy, Melvis Ritter and wife Blonde all of Mangum, Oklahoma; one sister-in-law Debbie Ritter; grandchildren, Chandy Ritter Belcher, Casey Ritter and wife Stephanie, Kristin Bratton, Derek Powell, Taylor Ritter, Cashlyn Ritter, Jason Hulsey, Jamie Ritter and husband Reuben Lovett, Vincent Shelton, Haley Shelton, and Brannon Testerman; great-grandchildren, Chabri Thompson, Naomi Ritter, Shaylee Ritter, Patrick Powell, Hannah Phipps and husband Roy, Ethan Lea, Arron Leal, Maddi Sheward, Elizabeth Reed, Cody Ritter, Yarina Lovett, Syrina Henson, and Pheonix Shelton; great-great grandchildren, Little Roy and Hazeleigh Phipps; as well as numerous nieces and nephews including her maternal nephew Wesley Keslo and niece Yvonne and husband Jack.
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Friday
12
Jun
6:00 PM
- 8:00 PM
Greer Funeral Home
235 South Pennsylvania
Mangum, OK 73554
Funeral
Saturday
13
Jun
10:00 AM
The Lighthouse Church
128 N. Pennsylvania Ave
Mangum, OK 73554
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