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Portrait photograph of Dorothy Ritenour wearing her hair short and three strands of faux pearls.

Dorothy never married and operated "Dorothy's Variety Store" in Woodstock.

Photograph of Edwin Mckinley Tamkin and his wife, Marybell Frances (Ritenour) Tamkin when they were young.

Edwin was the son of William (1859-1954) and Mary Ella (Brill) (1866-1908) Tamkin. Marybell was the daughter of William Franklin and Ida…

Photograph of Edward H. McClanahan on the arm of a chair and holding a hat in one hand.

Edward was from Fort Valley. He married twice. His first wife was Vollie Blanche Ritenour (1891-1916) but she died in her mid-twenties.

His second wife…

Portrait of Elizabeth Ritenour Coby as a young woman. There are aerial gunner wings visible on her lapel.

Elizabeth lived in the Fishers Hill community near Strasburg Virginia.

Photograph of Ernest Boyer in his graduation cap and gown.

Ernest was a farmer in Fort Valley. He married Nancy Campbell and had 3 daughters: Janet Stultz, Jean Bauserman, and Lila Williams.

Photo of the marriage certificate between Eugene Carson Ritenour, an American corporal, and Mirdza Margarita Pulsts, a citizen of Latvia.

The certificate is written in German and the marriage took place on August 7, 1948.

Eugene Ritenour and Mirdza "Bundy" Ritenour, seated with their baby son, Eddie Ritenour, on their laps.

Eugene is wearing a U.S. Army uniform.

Photograph of Eva Mae (Boyer) Ritenour (left) and her brother Ray Franklin Boyer (right).

They were the children of Benjamin Frank Boyer and Myrtle (Cullers) Boyer of Fort Valley, Va.

Portrait photograph of Eva Mae Boyer who married Claude Edward Ritenour of Fort Valley.

Eva Mae was the daughter of Benjamin Frank Boyer and Myrtle (Cullers) Boyer of Fort Valley, Va.

She graduated from Edinburg High School with the class of…

Portrait photograph of Fannie Myrtle (Dinges) Conner of Fort Valley and her daughter, Jeanette (Conner) Ritenour.

Portrait photograph of Ford A. Wright and his wife, Mazie (Ritenour) Wright.

Mazie is wearing a pin on her dress that says, "Remember Pearl Harbor".

Gladys (Clem) Lutz, seated on a bench and holding her young daughter, Ashley (Lutz) Ritenour, beside her.

Gladys married Alvin A. Lutz, a Principal of Edinburg High School.

Portrait of Harold Ritenour, in his U.S. Marine Corps uniform, seated beside his wife, Helen (Middleton) Ritenour.

Helen was the daughter of George Lewis Middleton (1894-1961) and Ada Lee Strosnider (1891-1972), from Strasburg.

At just 19, she…

Portrait photograph of Harold Lee Ritenour, of Woodstock, as a young man wearing his U.S. Marine Corps uniforms.

Harold Ritenour was born in Woodstock Virginia on March 25 1925. He served in World War Two with the U.S. Marine Corps. After the war…

Portrait photograph of Harold Lee Ritenour as a young man wearing his U.S. Marines uniform.

He was the son of Harold Richard and Hester May (Ritenour) Ritenour.

He married in 1944, in Strasburg, when he was 19-years old. His wife was Helen…

Photograph of the document certifying that Private First Class Harold Lee Ritenour, was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on October 23, 1945.

Photograph of a form pertaining to Harold Lee Ritenour.'s discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps in August 1945.

He was born on 25 March 1925 in Woodstock, Virginia. He enlisted in the U.S. Marines in April 1942 and served as a Private First Class…

Photograph of Harold Richard "Dick" Ritenour.

Blacksmith William Harrison "Harry" Ritenour, standing in the doorway of his shop in Maurertown.

He is holding his young daughter, Mary Frances (Ritenour) Crabtree.

His son, Wilmer Ritenour is standing beside him.

Photograph of Harry Ritenour's Blacksmith shop in Maurertown with several unidentified people, horses, and a buggy shown in front.

Photograph of Harvey Hoffman standing beside his wife, Alice (Crabill) Hoffman.

The couple married in May 1947 so this photograph was taken a couple of years after their wedding.

Harvey was the son of Walter Harvey and Martha Jane (Clem)…

Heavily damaged portrait of Helen (Middleton) Ritenour. She was the daughter of George Lewis Middleton (1894-1961) and Ada Lee Strosnider (1891-1972), from Strasburg.

At just 19, she married Harold Lee Ritenour (1925-1994), a 19-year old U.S.…

Photo of two separate portrait photographs of Hester (Ritenour) Ritenour with styled hair, glasses and seated with her hands in her lap.

Her husband was Harold Richard "Dick" Ritenour. They had at least three sons together.

Photograph of Howard and Myrtle Cook posed together.

Howard was the son of Charles Edward and Cora Alice (Fadeley) Cook.

Photograph of Hunter Lee Ritenour who was then a resident of the Dry Run community in Fort Valley Virginia.

The name, "Wesley Ritenour", is written on the glass plate of this image. Wesley Ritenour was Hunter Ritenour's father.
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