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James ‘Jim’ Rittenhouse

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James ‘Jim’ RittenhouseNORTH MANCHESTER – James “Jim” Rittenhouse, 89, Fort Wayne, died at 3:55 p.m. Sunday,?Feb. 16, 2020, at Apple Ridge Assisted Living, Fort Wayne.

He was born May 29, 1930, in Bippus, to Glen and Ivadell Irene Reece Rittenhouse. He married Patsy Walgamuth on Nov. 25, 1959. She died on Feb. 11, 2020.  He was a U.S. Army/ Korean War veteran.

Calling will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday,?Feb. 22 at New Haven United Methodist Church, New Haven. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 at the church with Chaplain Mark Perkins officiating. A graveside service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 at Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester.

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Memorials to Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 A.C. Skinner Parkway, Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 3225; or Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250; or Heartland Hospice, 1315 Directors Row, Suite 206, Fort Wayne, IN 46808.

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