FORT WORTH - Cecile Regina Friedman Ritzwoller, an incredible person and the best mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend who ever lived, died peacefully at home Friday, April 4, 2008, at the age of 92 after breaking her hip. She was blessed with a long and happy life.
Celebration of life: 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at Franklin Park at City View, 6301 Overton Ridge Blvd.
Memorials: Consideration of contributions to the Cecile and David Ritzwoller Memorial Fund, Southwest Regional Library, Attention: Roberta Schenewerk, Acquisition Unit, Fort Worth Public Library, 500 W. Third St., Fort Worth 76102, is suggested.
"Cele" was born in Fort Worth on Feb. 25, 1916, to Minnie Cohen Friedman and William Friedman. She grew up in Fort Worth, graduating from Central High, then attending the University of Texas. She married David Herman Ritzwoller on July 10, 1938, at the Hotel Texas.
She was all about family and loved to be around her family as much as possible. She was always first and foremost a mother. She stayed at home to raise her children. She was Cub Scout leader, Girl Scout leader, school room mother and Sunday school teacher for her children. She made beautiful clothes for her daughter.
When her children were grown, she began selling real estate. She brought the concept of patio homes to Fort Worth, building three separate patio home additions in southwest Fort Worth with builder Jack Kibbee.
In 1990 she was diagnosed with metastatic and terminal lung cancer. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center said she had only two months to live. Using both conventional and alternative medical resources, she cured herself and was cancer-free in four months. She remained cancer-free for 18 years. A book about her recovery was written by her daughter. "Today, I Will Not Die" chronicles her incredible strength in overpowering that disease.
Cele traveled on many cruises with her children and grandchildren and traveled the world with her husband, who preceded her in death after 68 years of marriage.
Survivors: Her children, Steve Ritzwoller and his wife, Gail, and Dr. Mary Ann Block and her husband, Dr. Jack Ward; grandchildren, Michelle Goldsmith and her husband, Reggie, Randy Block, Tracy Ritzwoller and Lauren Eagle and her husband, Mike; great-grandchildren, Logan and Braden Eagle and Paige and Reid Goldsmith; nieces, Susie Merilatt and Joan Rosen; and adopted niece, Joan Anderson.
Robertson Mueller Harper
Funerals & Cremations
1500 Eighth Ave., 817-924-4233
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - Sunday, May 4, 2008
Celebration of life: 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at Franklin Park at City View, 6301 Overton Ridge Blvd.
Memorials: Consideration of contributions to the Cecile and David Ritzwoller Memorial Fund, Southwest Regional Library, Attention: Roberta Schenewerk, Acquisition Unit, Fort Worth Public Library, 500 W. Third St., Fort Worth 76102, is suggested.
"Cele" was born in Fort Worth on Feb. 25, 1916, to Minnie Cohen Friedman and William Friedman. She grew up in Fort Worth, graduating from Central High, then attending the University of Texas. She married David Herman Ritzwoller on July 10, 1938, at the Hotel Texas.
She was all about family and loved to be around her family as much as possible. She was always first and foremost a mother. She stayed at home to raise her children. She was Cub Scout leader, Girl Scout leader, school room mother and Sunday school teacher for her children. She made beautiful clothes for her daughter.
When her children were grown, she began selling real estate. She brought the concept of patio homes to Fort Worth, building three separate patio home additions in southwest Fort Worth with builder Jack Kibbee.
In 1990 she was diagnosed with metastatic and terminal lung cancer. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center said she had only two months to live. Using both conventional and alternative medical resources, she cured herself and was cancer-free in four months. She remained cancer-free for 18 years. A book about her recovery was written by her daughter. "Today, I Will Not Die" chronicles her incredible strength in overpowering that disease.
Cele traveled on many cruises with her children and grandchildren and traveled the world with her husband, who preceded her in death after 68 years of marriage.
Survivors: Her children, Steve Ritzwoller and his wife, Gail, and Dr. Mary Ann Block and her husband, Dr. Jack Ward; grandchildren, Michelle Goldsmith and her husband, Reggie, Randy Block, Tracy Ritzwoller and Lauren Eagle and her husband, Mike; great-grandchildren, Logan and Braden Eagle and Paige and Reid Goldsmith; nieces, Susie Merilatt and Joan Rosen; and adopted niece, Joan Anderson.
Robertson Mueller Harper
Funerals & Cremations
1500 Eighth Ave., 817-924-4233
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - Sunday, May 4, 2008
FORT WORTH - Cecile Regina Friedman Ritzwoller, an incredible person and the best mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend who ever lived, died peacefully at home Friday, April 4, 2008, at the age of 92 after breaking her hip. She was blessed with a long and happy life.
Celebration of life: 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at Franklin Park at City View, 6301 Overton Ridge Blvd.
Memorials: Consideration of contributions to the Cecile and David Ritzwoller Memorial Fund, Southwest Regional Library, Attention: Roberta Schenewerk, Acquisition Unit, Fort Worth Public Library, 500 W. Third St., Fort Worth 76102, is suggested.
"Cele" was born in Fort Worth on Feb. 25, 1916, to Minnie Cohen Friedman and William Friedman. She grew up in Fort Worth, graduating from Central High, then attending the University of Texas. She married David Herman Ritzwoller on July 10, 1938, at the Hotel Texas.
She was all about family and loved to be around her family as much as possible. She was always first and foremost a mother. She stayed at home to raise her children. She was Cub Scout leader, Girl Scout leader, school room mother and Sunday school teacher for her children. She made beautiful clothes for her daughter.
When her children were grown, she began selling real estate. She brought the concept of patio homes to Fort Worth, building three separate patio home additions in southwest Fort Worth with builder Jack Kibbee.
In 1990 she was diagnosed with metastatic and terminal lung cancer. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center said she had only two months to live. Using both conventional and alternative medical resources, she cured herself and was cancer-free in four months. She remained cancer-free for 18 years. A book about her recovery was written by her daughter. "Today, I Will Not Die" chronicles her incredible strength in overpowering that disease.
Cele traveled on many cruises with her children and grandchildren and traveled the world with her husband, who preceded her in death after 68 years of marriage.
Survivors: Her children, Steve Ritzwoller and his wife, Gail, and Dr. Mary Ann Block and her husband, Dr. Jack Ward; grandchildren, Michelle Goldsmith and her husband, Reggie, Randy Block, Tracy Ritzwoller and Lauren Eagle and her husband, Mike; great-grandchildren, Logan and Braden Eagle and Paige and Reid Goldsmith; nieces, Susie Merilatt and Joan Rosen; and adopted niece, Joan Anderson.
Robertson Mueller Harper
Funerals & Cremations
1500 Eighth Ave., 817-924-4233
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - Sunday, May 4, 2008
Celebration of life: 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at Franklin Park at City View, 6301 Overton Ridge Blvd.
Memorials: Consideration of contributions to the Cecile and David Ritzwoller Memorial Fund, Southwest Regional Library, Attention: Roberta Schenewerk, Acquisition Unit, Fort Worth Public Library, 500 W. Third St., Fort Worth 76102, is suggested.
"Cele" was born in Fort Worth on Feb. 25, 1916, to Minnie Cohen Friedman and William Friedman. She grew up in Fort Worth, graduating from Central High, then attending the University of Texas. She married David Herman Ritzwoller on July 10, 1938, at the Hotel Texas.
She was all about family and loved to be around her family as much as possible. She was always first and foremost a mother. She stayed at home to raise her children. She was Cub Scout leader, Girl Scout leader, school room mother and Sunday school teacher for her children. She made beautiful clothes for her daughter.
When her children were grown, she began selling real estate. She brought the concept of patio homes to Fort Worth, building three separate patio home additions in southwest Fort Worth with builder Jack Kibbee.
In 1990 she was diagnosed with metastatic and terminal lung cancer. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center said she had only two months to live. Using both conventional and alternative medical resources, she cured herself and was cancer-free in four months. She remained cancer-free for 18 years. A book about her recovery was written by her daughter. "Today, I Will Not Die" chronicles her incredible strength in overpowering that disease.
Cele traveled on many cruises with her children and grandchildren and traveled the world with her husband, who preceded her in death after 68 years of marriage.
Survivors: Her children, Steve Ritzwoller and his wife, Gail, and Dr. Mary Ann Block and her husband, Dr. Jack Ward; grandchildren, Michelle Goldsmith and her husband, Reggie, Randy Block, Tracy Ritzwoller and Lauren Eagle and her husband, Mike; great-grandchildren, Logan and Braden Eagle and Paige and Reid Goldsmith; nieces, Susie Merilatt and Joan Rosen; and adopted niece, Joan Anderson.
Robertson Mueller Harper
Funerals & Cremations
1500 Eighth Ave., 817-924-4233
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) - Sunday, May 4, 2008
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