Greenville, Delaware
Elizabeth May Rittenhouse
1930 — 2023
Elizabeth "Betty" May Starn Rittenhouse, age 93, formerly of Newark, Delaware, died peacefully with family at her side on September 16, 2023. Born in Pleasantville, New Jersey in 1930, Betty was the daughter of Charles Sheppard and Sophie Emma Hees Starn. Betty was the middle child of a lively family of 15 children. She and her siblings worked in the family business, Starn's ShopRite, and enjoyed soaking up the sun, sand and fun on the South Jersey beaches and boardwalks. After graduating from The Friends School in Atlantic City, Betty married Julian "Jude" Rittenhouse in 1951, and moved to Newark where Jude assumed joint leadership in his family business, Rittenhouse Motor Company. Betty...