Irene Rittenhouse

Irene Kendall Walton. Gwen passed away

in Hemet, California on May 22, 2011 at

the age of 96.

Gwen grew up at a lumber mill run by

her father near Weed, California. The

family later moved to Los Angeles, and

Gwen graduated from Manual Arts High

School in 1932. She attended Business

College and began working for Security

Bank in 1935. She met her future husband

at Manual Arts, and she married Frank

Emory Rittenhouse on October 7, 1939

in Winslow, Arizona. They spent many

years in the Los Angeles area, raising

two children. From September 1943 to

June 1944, she was a civilian employee

in payroll for the United States Army Air

Corps, and in later years she was a Girl

Scout and Job's Daughter leader. She was

also active in Assistance League and

Eastern Star.

In May 1974, Frank, Gwen and her

parents moved to Fullerton, CA. During

the thirty-two years they lived in Fullerton,

she belonged to St. Stephen's Lutheran

Church, and she was very active in the

Fullerton Emblem Club, serving as pres-

ident in 1976. She was also a member of

Estudillo Chapter, DAR. She moved to

Hemet in 2006 to be near her daughter

and family.

She was preceded in death by her

husband of 55 years in 1994 and by her

son, Joseph E. Rittenhouse in 1995.

Survivors include her daughter, Lynne Feely

of Hemet; daughter-in-law, Edith Rittenhouse

of Lake Elsinore; seven grandchildren,

Matthew Feely of Chicago, Anita (David)

Rees of Temecula, Jean (Frank) Murdica

of Indio, Andrea (David) Sutcliffe of England,

and Joseph, Frank, and Gwen Rittenhouse

of Lake Elsinore; four great-grandsons, and

a cousin, Nancy Seegelken of Hemet.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent

to the Fullerton Emblem Club, Box 3401,

Fullerton, CA or Hemet Hospice Volunteers,

890 W. Stetson, Hemet, CA.