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- (Research):The Gospel Herald - Volume XVII, Number 5 - May 1, 1924 - pages 94, 95
Rittenhous. - Dr. William Funk Rittenhous was born in Lincoln Co., Ont., Sept. 5, 1852; died at his home in Chicago, Ill., March 14, 1924; aged 71 y. 6 m. 9 d. In his early years he lived on his father's farm near Vineland, Ont. He was the youngest of a family of twelve children. He attended the public schools during the winter months and later took a teacher's course in St. Catharines, receiving a certificate to teach at the age of seventeen. He taught school for fourteen years, four of which were spent in the Central School of St. Catharines, Ont. On April 2, 1874, he was married to Mary Moyer of Campden, Ont., who with one son (Dr. Ernest Rittenhous of Chicago) survives him. Owing to the death of two of his sons and the confinement of the school room, his health was broken and he began the study of medicine, graduating from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago in 1886, and continuing his profession in that city, where he attained prominence in his work, having been professor of a department in the Illinois Medical College and president and professor of Jenner Medical College. Ten years ago his health was so impaired that active work was given up, but his mental powers were active and he was given to study and writing. He had a ready command of German, French, Spanish and Italian, and contributed to the Journal of Clinical Medicine of Chicago. Funeral services were held in Chicago, after which the body was conveyed to Vineland, Ont., where services were held, a large circle of friends and acquaintances being present. Services were conducted by S. F. Coffman. Text, John 11:23. Interment in the Vineland Cemetery.
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