Mary REITER
Obituary

(Western New Yorker, April 9, 1925)
Mrs. Mary Riter Knapp, wife of Charles Knapp died suddenly at her home in Darien Center on Sunday, March 29th. Mrs. Knapp had been taken ill the previous Thursday noon and died as she was being assisted into an auto which was to convey her to a hospital. She was born in Sheldon December 15th, 1876, the daughter of Peter and Lena Logel Riter and besides her husband is survived by one son Floyd Knapp of Darien, three sisters, Mrs. Charles Shaw of Buffalo, Miss Julia Riter of Buffalo, and Mrs. Edward Riter of Sheldon, also four brothers, Frank Riter of Varysburg, John Riter of Johnsonbug, Peter Riter of Strykersville and Wm Riter of Buffalo.
Funeral services were held the following Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock from the Roman Catholic church at Darien Center. The Rev. M. A. Ansett of Buffalo, a friend of the family officiating. Interment in the Catholic cemetery at Darien.

(Note: Mary's maiden name was misspelled in the obituary. It should have been spelled Reiter. Her sister did, however, marry Edward Riter.)
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