John Leroy "Buddy" Ritter, 80, Harrisonville, MO died Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, MO.  Funeral services were held Saturday, December 15, 2018 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville.  Burial in Wills Cemetery, Peculiar, MO.

John was born November 30, 1938 in Creighton, MO, a son of John W. and Edna (Palmer) Ritter.  He was united in marriage to Edwina M. Tiedeman on June 26, 1961 at the home of Rev. Joe Brewster in Harrisonville.  He had lived in Creighton and Kansas City, MO before moving to Peculiar, MO in 1975.  John had lived in Harrisonville since 1989.  He was a Navy Veteran, and drove a propane truck for Union Gas and Synergy Propane in Peculiar before his retirement in 1993.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and a step-brother.  John is  survived by his wife, Edwina, of Harrisonville; two sons, Johnny Ritter and Glenn (Kimberly) Ritter, all of Harrisonville; four daughters, Becky Ritter, Kansas City, MO, Linda (Charles) Reece, Harrisonville, Brenda (Wesley) Rhoads, Burlingame, KS, and Barbara Hernandez, Harrisonville; one sister, Naomi Palo, Harrisonville; 16 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.