Celebration of life: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, in Brown, Owens & Brumley's Joe B. Brown Memorial Chapel with Father Matkin officiating. A graveside service will be held later in Elm Springs Cemetery in Elm Springs, Ark., at which time her cremated remains will be buried next to her father, Walter Ritter.
Bonnie was born Jan. 10, 1939, to Walter and Lillian Ritter in Elm Springs, Ark. She received her doctorate from the University of Kansas and worked in Washington, D.C.; at the University of Kansas and the University of Texas at Arlington; in private practice in Arlington; and more recently at UAW in Oklahoma City, Okla. In 1973 she was hired as the first executive director of the newly formed Commission for the Status of Women in Montgomery, Md. She was also one of the organizers of the Women's Caucus in the National Communication Association. She co-authored the book "Living Together: Female-Male Communication." Bonnie attended St. Albans Episcopal Church in Arlington.
Survivors: Her mother, Paige Ritter Boison of Lowell, Ark.; two stepsisters; two stepbrothers, cousins, Ray Ritter and Cleo Graham; and many friends.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 11/27/2007
Celebration of life: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, in Brown, Owens & Brumley's Joe B. Brown Memorial Chapel with Father Matkin officiating. A graveside service will be held later in Elm Springs Cemetery in Elm Springs, Ark., at which time her cremated remains will be buried next to her father, Walter Ritter.
Bonnie was born Jan. 10, 1939, to Walter and Lillian Ritter in Elm Springs, Ark. She received her doctorate from the University of Kansas and worked in Washington, D.C.; at the University of Kansas and the University of Texas at Arlington; in private practice in Arlington; and more recently at UAW in Oklahoma City, Okla. In 1973 she was hired as the first executive director of the newly formed Commission for the Status of Women in Montgomery, Md. She was also one of the organizers of the Women's Caucus in the National Communication Association. She co-authored the book "Living Together: Female-Male Communication." Bonnie attended St. Albans Episcopal Church in Arlington.
Survivors: Her mother, Paige Ritter Boison of Lowell, Ark.; two stepsisters; two stepbrothers, cousins, Ray Ritter and Cleo Graham; and many friends.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 11/27/2007
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