Judith Ann “Judy” Ritchie, 78, of Bartlesville, died at 5:35 A.M. on Friday, March 26, 2021 in Bartlesville.

Funeral services will be held at 10 A.M. on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in the Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Randall Jones of HIS Life Church in Nowata officiating.

Interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery directed by the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory.

Friends who wish may call for visitation at the Stumpff Funeral Home on Monday from 9 AM until 8 PM.

Mrs. Ritchie was born in Bartlesville on June 25, 1942 the daughter of Burr and Eva Belle (Barkhurst) Rowe. She grew up and received her education in Bartlesville graduating from College High School. She was employed with Cities Service Oil Company for two years until joining Phillips Petroleum Company where she was employed for over 30 years until her retirement as an Executive Secretary. She was married to Wallace Ervin Farris and they had three children. She was later married to Robert Gale Ritchie on June 24, 1964 in Bartlesville. She made her home in the Bartlesville area all of her life with the exception of their retirement home at Beaver Lake for several years. She was a member of HIS Life Church in Nowata.

Survivors include two children, Pamela Gayle Florence of Bartlesville and Timothy Dale Farris and his wife Lanie of Nowata, a daughter-in-law, Kristen Farris of Ochelata, a step-son, Robert Scott Ritchie and wife Stacy of Tulsa, 11 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Jerry Wayne Rowe, a son, Toby Dean Farris in 2018 and her husband, Robert Gale Ritchie on January 11, 2008.