| Mary 'Betty' Elizabeth Cleary Ritzert |
| HOME PAGE |
MARY E. RITZERT (Age 88) Mary Elizabeth Cleary Ritzert "Betty". Of Fairfax, Virginia,
died peacefully at her home in Lewes, Delaware on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. Betty was
married for 59 years to the late John E. "Jack" Ritzert and is survived by their five children,
John E., Jr. (Sandra), Christopher D., Timothy A., Gerald M. (Lynda), and Teresa A.; and six
grandchildren, Lauren, Britney, John E. III, Emma, Cara and Zane. Beloved "Sis" to Alice C.
Vermillion and James L. (Nancy) Cleary and the late Margaret C. Gray, Daniel J., John
Eugene, and Robert E. Cleary. She also leaves many devoted nieces and nephews. A native
Washingtonian, Betty graduated from Western High School and worked until she and Jack
started their family, after which she devoted her boundless love and energies to them. NOTE
DATE AND TIME CHANGE: The family will receive friends at FAIRFAX MEMORIAL
FUNERAL HOME, 9902 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA 22032 on Friday, February 12, from
2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, February 13, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Mass of
Christian Burial at 11 a.m., Saturday February 13, at Saint Leo the Great, 3700 Old Lee
Hwy, Fairfax 22030, with burial at Fairfax Memorial Park immediately following. In lieu of
flowers, the family suggests donations to Little Sisters of the Poor, 4200 Harewood Rd, NE,
Washington, DC 20017, littlesistersofthepoor.org; or to Delaware Hospice, 100 Patriots Way,
Milford, DE 19963, delawarehospice.org
Published in The Washington Post from February 3 to February 4, 2010
died peacefully at her home in Lewes, Delaware on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. Betty was
married for 59 years to the late John E. "Jack" Ritzert and is survived by their five children,
John E., Jr. (Sandra), Christopher D., Timothy A., Gerald M. (Lynda), and Teresa A.; and six
grandchildren, Lauren, Britney, John E. III, Emma, Cara and Zane. Beloved "Sis" to Alice C.
Vermillion and James L. (Nancy) Cleary and the late Margaret C. Gray, Daniel J., John
Eugene, and Robert E. Cleary. She also leaves many devoted nieces and nephews. A native
Washingtonian, Betty graduated from Western High School and worked until she and Jack
started their family, after which she devoted her boundless love and energies to them. NOTE
DATE AND TIME CHANGE: The family will receive friends at FAIRFAX MEMORIAL
FUNERAL HOME, 9902 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA 22032 on Friday, February 12, from
2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, February 13, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Mass of
Christian Burial at 11 a.m., Saturday February 13, at Saint Leo the Great, 3700 Old Lee
Hwy, Fairfax 22030, with burial at Fairfax Memorial Park immediately following. In lieu of
flowers, the family suggests donations to Little Sisters of the Poor, 4200 Harewood Rd, NE,
Washington, DC 20017, littlesistersofthepoor.org; or to Delaware Hospice, 100 Patriots Way,
Milford, DE 19963, delawarehospice.org
Published in The Washington Post from February 3 to February 4, 2010