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BARBARA “SUE” (WILSON) RITCH

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Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, Cantlon Otterness Funeral Home, Buffalo. Burial in Pleasant View Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 23 at the funeral home.

Pastor Mark Elliott will officiate.

Escorts will be Cody Jackson, Tony Jackson, Brandon Jackson, John Yates, Dylan Wright and Jim Sweaney. Honorary escorts will be Floyd Sweaney, Freddy Sweaney and Daryl Sweaney.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Pleasant View Cemetery Fund and left at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be made at cantlonotterness.com.

Barbara “Sue” (Wilson) Ritch, 74, was born Sept. 19, 1943, in Buffalo, the daughter of James Monroe Wilson Sr. and Martha Menerva (Pruitt) Wilson. She died Jan. 21, 2018, at Mercy Hospital, Springfield.

She was reared and attended school in the Buffalo area and graduated from Buffalo High School.

In 1976 she was united in marriage with Archie Ritch.

She was a calm and easygoing mother who loved to spend time with her children and grandchildren. She could fix any bump or bruise, and always had the right medicine for whatever ailment her family had. She was a great cook and always enjoyed having her family over for dinner. She had a passion for animals, especially little poodles.

She attended Calvary Chapel Free Will Baptist Church with her husband for many years.

Sue was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers: Buell Dale Wilson and Dwight Wilson; and one sister, Mary Elizabeth Williams.

Survivors include her husband, Archie, of the home; two sons: Jimmy Jackson and Timmy Jackson; two brothers: C.A. Wilson and Jimmy Wilson; two sisters: Patsy Durrington and Arlene Wilson; four grandchildren: Tony Jackson, Cody Jackson, Brandon Jackson and Elizabeth Jackson; several great-grandchildren; and other family members and many friends who all truly will miss her.


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