Oscar Ritenour and Violet Powell
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Title
Oscar Ritenour and Violet Powell
Subject
Ritenour, Oscar Lee (1916-1979)
Bucklew, Violet Louise (Powell) (1920-1984)
Sailors - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Oscar Lee Ritenour, seated and wearing a U.S. Navy uniform, is shown with Violet (Powell) Bucklew.
Oscar was from Fort Valley, the son of George O. and Gladiola (Mauck) Ritenour. He married Fleta (Shipe) Ritenour. The couple had a daughter, Marsha S. (Ritenour) Snyder.
Violet grew up in Fort Valley, one of at least eight children born to Kemper Clay (1896-1938) and Zola Eugenia (Munch) Powell (1900-1978). She married Chester Emra Bucklew (1913-1988) in July 1948. Chester was born in Kirby, West Virginia, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Alice Virginia (Higgleman) Bucklew. He lived in Strasburg and was a jeweler. This was his second marriage and her first. They had at least one son together, Mark Wayne Bucklew (1952-2022). At some point, Violet and Chester moved to West Virginia where they are buried together in Rock Oak Cemetery, Baker, in Hardy County.
Oscar was from Fort Valley, the son of George O. and Gladiola (Mauck) Ritenour. He married Fleta (Shipe) Ritenour. The couple had a daughter, Marsha S. (Ritenour) Snyder.
Violet grew up in Fort Valley, one of at least eight children born to Kemper Clay (1896-1938) and Zola Eugenia (Munch) Powell (1900-1978). She married Chester Emra Bucklew (1913-1988) in July 1948. Chester was born in Kirby, West Virginia, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Alice Virginia (Higgleman) Bucklew. He lived in Strasburg and was a jeweler. This was his second marriage and her first. They had at least one son together, Mark Wayne Bucklew (1952-2022). At some point, Violet and Chester moved to West Virginia where they are buried together in Rock Oak Cemetery, Baker, in Hardy County.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labeled "Mar 1944" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified in 2008 by Jeanette Ritenour, who knew both subjects.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Oscar L. Ritenour appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 014593 and 014594.
Violet Louise (Powell) Bucklew appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001899, 001364, and 014594.
Identifier
014594
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Oscar Ritenour and Violet Powell,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed October 7, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/44508.
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