Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Ritchie, Suann Mary July 25, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle,  July 27, 2004
     Suann Mary Ritchie, 52, currently of Lebanon, and formerly of The Dalles, 
died Sunday, July 25, 2004, in Corvallis.
     She was born Aug. 18, 1951 in Tacoma, Wash., and grew up in a house built 
in the early 1900’s. 
     She was active in swimming in high school and graduated from Wilson High 
School in 1969. She married Ivan Ritchie on March 18, 1973 and graduated from 
Central Washington State College with majors in social science, health 
education and elementary education in June 1973.
     After graduation she obtained her endorsement in special education and 
took a self-contained classroom position for the White Swan School District on 
the Yakima Indian Reservation.
     After a year, she and her husband took jobs in The Dalles. Suann taught 
reading at the middle school, special education, first, second and fifth 
grades.  She took a principal position at Mid-Valley Elementary in the Hood 
River School District from 1989 to 1991. In 1991, she followed her husband to 
the Hermiston-Pendleton area. While there, she was the director of student 
services for the Umatilla Morrow County Educational Service District.
     She followed Ivan to the Lebanon area in 1995 and became a principal in 
the Lebanon Community School District, serving at Sodaville, Green Acres and 
Riverview schools.
     She is survived by her husband, Ivan, Lebanon; three daughters: Cariann 
Woodral, Salem; Juliann Woznika, Fruitland, Idaho; and Molliann Ritchie, 
Lebanon; her mother: Kathryn Quasebarth, Lebanon; a granddaughter: Samantha 
Ann Woznika, Fruitland; and a sister: Joann Hilgar of Washington. Her father, 
Dorus Holly Quasebarth preceded her in death.
     Viewing will be from 3 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, at Huston-Jost Funeral Home 
in Lebanon.
     Riverview School will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, for 
parents, students and work associates wishing to pay respects and visit.
Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m., Thursday, July 29 at Lebanon Chapel, 
2900 S. Main Rd., Lebanon. Burial will be at the Lebanon I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
     Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Diabetes 
Association and sent in care of Huston-Jost Funeral Home, 86 W. Grant St., 
Lebanon, OR 97355.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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