Obituary of Curtis Ritter

On the evening of August 11, 2024, Curtis Vincent Ritter passed away in his home in Leesport, Pennsylvania holding the hand of his wife of almost 42 years and surrounded by family who love him. Curtis is remembered and cherished by his loving wife, Suzanne Glenn, his three sons, Gaelan, Curran, and Braedan, his older brother and best friend, Douglas Ritter, his four grandchildren, Kallian, Wyatt, Suri, and Lila, and countless extended family and friends.

Seventy-three years ago, Curtis was born on February 19, 1951 in Reading, Pennsylvania to Benjamin and Ruth Ritter, less than half an hour from the home where he would eventually raise his children. He graduated from Reading High School and went to Penn State where he was president of his fraternity, graduating with a degree in Labor-Management Relations. After college, he started working for Gilbert Associates, Inc. in the 1970s. That employment took him to Rehoboth, Delaware where he lived for four years and met the love of his life.

Curtis and Suzanne were married on October 23, 1982 and after spending another four years living in Florida, they spent their next nearly forty years at their home in Leesport. Curtis continued to progress through Gilbert Associates, Inc., a company which went by several names during his long and illustrious career, until he retired in 2015 from Worley Parsons as a manager of contracts and procurement and part of a team overseeing the construction and administration of power plants around the world.

Curtis worked long hours to always provide for his family, but he also never failed to make time for his family. He was truly in his element as a husband and a father and devoted countless hours to coaching his sons’ youth baseball and basketball teams. When he wasn’t on the sideline with a clipboard for their games, he made sure to always be in the stands. Outside of organized sports, Curtis spent hundreds of weekends playing tennis and basketball with his sons, remarkably able to remain competitive despite the near-professional levels that his sons played at.

In addition to playing and coaching sports with his sons, Curtis loved to travel with his family and to watch Penn State football and the Eagles, Phillies, Sixers, and Flyers. Curtis was a loving husband, a devoted father, and exceptional role model, and a truly honest and decent person who will be missed by all who knew him.

He will be remembered in a private service for immediate family.

Services will be private.