EPHRATA • June W. Albers, 93, of Ephrata, passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, at Wellspan Ephrata Community Hospital. Born June 4, 1927, in Tower City, she was a daughter of the late H. Alvin and R. Virginia Ruch Ritzman. She was married to the late Commander (Ret.) R.J. Albers, USN, for 40 years. June was a graduate of Tower City High School; Kutztown State Teacher’s College, University of Wyoming, Interamerican University (Mexico), Escuela Americana (Burgos, Spain), University of Delaware where she did post-graduate work and North Light Art School. She taught school in Wyoming and Montana. In 1961, she was Fulbright Scholar to Spain and accepted a teaching position with the U.S. Navy in Rota, Spain, where she taught English and history in the dependent schools. She was gifted in many areas but gravitated to the arts of oils and watercolors. June was an accomplished water colorist, having had showings in Florida, and her work hangs in private collections in several states. She is survived by siblings, Joan Ritzman of Ephrata and James Ritzman Sr. of Tower City. Also surviving are nephews and nieces: Rosanne (Bob) Barder of Lykens, Harold (Leni) Ritzman Jr. of Harrisburg, James (Kathy) Ritzman Jr. of Tower City, Roxanne Ritzman of South Carolina and Darren Ritzman of Lykens; many cousins also survive. In addition to her husband (2004) and parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Harold A. Ritzman. Beside teaching school, she was a Lutheran church secretary in Orange Park, Fla., and was currently a member of Brickerville United Lutheran Church, Lititz. Private services will be held at the convenience of the family with burial in the Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lupus Foundation, or the Brickerville United Lutheran Church, 320 E. 28th Division Highway, Lititz PA 17543. The Dimon Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc., Tower City, has been entrusted with the arrangements. To send online condolences to the family, visit dimonfuneral home.com Paid by funeral home
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