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John Wayne Ritter, M.D.

 

Last updated 1/31/2023 at 8:23am

John Wayne Ritter, M.D.

Nov. 19, 1925 – Jan. 5, 2023

John Wayne Ritter, M.D., 97, died on Jan. 5, 2023 in Katy, TX.

Dr. Ritter was born Nov. 19, 1925 in El Centro, Calif. in the home of his parents, Herman Mathias and Genevieve Ritter. At age 4, the Great Depression began and his father could not find work as a teacher. The family moved onto an abandoned farm and lived in a broken-down farmhouse with a leaky roof and no running water or electricity. Because there were no schools near-by and many hands were needed to survive on the farm, John spent the next six years working on the farm i...



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