This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ritterbusch;Brandhorst;Blomberg;Withouse;Nystrom Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nMB.2ACI/103 Message Board Post: Reba Ferne Brandhorst, formerly of Bland, died Sunday, March 3, 2002, at the Lenoir Health Center in Columbia, Mo. She was 94 years old. She was born Nov. 23, 1907, Bland, Mo., a daughter of Louis and Mae Blackwell Ritterbusch. She married Clarence Brandhorst, son of Charles Henry and Mary Katharine (nee Blomberg) Brandhorst, at Leslie, Mo., on May 2, 1936. He preceded her in death. Mrs. Brandhorst is survived by two sister-in-law, Fern Ritterbusch of Columbia, Mo., and Verna Ritterbusch, Bland, Mo; one niece, Judy Withouse, Bland, Mo., two nephews, Dr. Robert K. Ritterbusch, Smithville, Mo., and Dr. James K. Ritterbusch, Jr., of Lexington, Kentucky, several great nephews and great nieces, cousins and many friends. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Loel C. Ritterbusch, Byron L. Ritterbusch and Dr. James K. Ritterbusch, Sr.; three infant sisters; one niece, Dr. Kay Ritterbusch Nystrom; and one nephew, Dr. Dale L. Ritterbusch. Mrs. Brandhorst was a lifetime member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Order of the Eastern Star, and a member of the forum Blvd. Christian Church in Columbia, Mo. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thurs., March 7, from Sassmann's Chapel in Bland, Mo. Burial will be made in the Bland Union Cemetery. Arrangements were made under the direction of Sassmann's Chapel in Bland, Mo.