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Robert Ritsche,   Age 43
Visitation Location: St. Anthony's Catholic Church, St. Cloud, MN
Visitation Date/Time: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 from 10:00 to 11:00 AM
Funeral Time: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 11:00 AM
Funeral Location: St. Anthony's Catholic Church, St. Cloud, MN
Burial Location: Assumption Cemetery, St. Cloud, MN
   
     Robert “Bob” Todd Ritsche, age 43, formerly of St. Cloud, MN, died Friday, April 16, 2004 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home, Sauk Rapids, MN. from injuries received in a car accident on December 18, 1999.
     Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 11:00 AM at
    St. Anthony Catholic Church, St. Cloud, MN. The Rev. Greg Paffel will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday. Burial will be in Assumption Cemetery, St. Cloud, MN. Funeral arrangements were made by Benson Funeral Home, St. Cloud, MN.
     Robert Ritsche was born April 14, 1961 in St. Cloud, MN to Thomas and Janet (Shaw) Ritsche. He was a 1979 graduate of Apollo High School and attended St. Cloud Technical College. He married Victoria Osborne on June 10, 1995 in Forest Lake, MN.
     Bob was employed at Quebecor Printing, St. Cloud and Quebecor Printing, St. Paul. At the time of his accident he had been employed with In Fisherman, Brainerd. Among Bob’s many interests were boating, snowmobiling, fishing and NASCAR.
     Survivors include his wife, Vickie, of Brainerd, MN; sons, Ryan and Scott Ritsche of Foley, MN; step daughter, April Osborne of Mauston, Wis.; parents, Tom Ritsche of Cape Coral, FL and Jan Ritsche of St. Cloud, MN; sister, Robin Ritsche of Minneapolis, MN; and grandmother, Leona E. Shaw of St. Cloud, MN.
     Bob was preceded in death by his sister, Kimberly in 1989; grandparents, Theodore and Agnes Ritsche and James G. Shaw.
     Pallbearers will be Tom Roettger, Scott Robbins, Corey Bodeker, Jay Bodeker, Dana Lehto and Mark Radunz.
     Memorials are preferred to the Brain Injury Association, 43 Main St. SE, Suite 135, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
 
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