Nora P. Dean Jones
Nora P. Dean Jones, age 82, peacefully passed away June 13, 2018. The Wake will be held Thursday, June 21, 2018 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at FRENCH-Wyoming. Services will be held Friday, June 22, 2018, 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 2401 University Blvd. SE. Please visit our online guestbook for Nora at www.FrenchFunerals.com
Cifford Allen Ritts, 56, died on Friday, January 12, 2018. Born on June 27, 1961 in the hospital at Holloman AFB, Otero Co, near Alamogordo, NM, came to Albuquerque
1963 when his father was discharged from the
Air Force. Cliff was never married and is survived by his mother Janet Seiler (Ritts) Roth, father John D. Ritts, both of Albuquerque, sister Julie Ann Ritts- Rael and Louis of Flower Mound, TX, step-sister Michelle Roth and husband Sean Manchester, Providence, RI, step-brothers Frank Roth and wife Debbie Stover, Michael Taylor and wife Sharon of Albuquerque, step-brother Louis Roth and Anne of Liberty Hill, TX and several aunts, uncles and cousins of PA, CA, AZ and TX. He was preceded in death by his step-father Allen S. Roth, step-mother Sally Taylor Ritts, formerly of Albuquerque, grandparents Alvin and Leona Seiler formerly of Ligonier, PA, and Clifford and Elizabeth Ritts formerly of Oil City, PA.
Cliff tried out for several sports in school, however, being small in stature, had little success until he found his niche in Gymnastics, with trophies from Manzano High School, he graduated in 1979. He studied Electrical Trades Theory II, Small Business Management and Small Business Law at TVI while an apprentice at Desert Electric 1979-81, received his JE98 Journeyman’s license at age 20, worked with local contractors and was proud of working on the Zepher Mountain Lodge in Winter Park Ski Basin northwest of Denver,an eight story,250 unit custom condominium complex. He also enjoyed the small jobs that afforded a closer relationship with customers. He loved his work and was good at it! Cremation was carried out by French Funerals & Cremation, his cremains were placed in the Kiva Ossuary and a Cenotaph in the Centennial Urn Garden is directly east of the fountain in Sunset Memorial Park.
Cliff loved all of creation: nature, animals, and mankind. He spent many days in the wilderness, and he never knew a stranger. He was loved by many, and will be missed by many. Family and friends will celebrate his life at a
Memorial Service Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 1 p.m. at Eastern Hills Baptist Church, 3100 Morris St NE Albuquerque, NM 87112. Cliffs immediate family is so please that in attendance will be Joyce Seiler O’Donnell and Barry of Huntington Beach, CA along with their son and daughter-in-law, Erik and Rebecca O’Donnell of Los Angeles, CA. Their younger son, Cliffs cousin, Kurt, age 44, died on January 3, 2018. "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." Mt 5:4 NIV.