Ritchie Marcus

Ritchie Marcus, 80, passed away peacefully on September 17, 2021, at Hospice Home Care, Little Rock, Arkansas, with her family and friends by her side.

Ritchie was born August 1, 1941, to the late Gerald (Jerry) and Martha Jeanne Marcus, in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended Southwest High School until her junior year, graduating from Shawnee Mission East High School in 1959, following the family’s move to Prairie Village, Kansas. She attended the University of Missouri her freshman year, returning to Kansas City, where she worked at Woolf Brothers, on The Country Club Plaza.

In 1963 Ritchie got married and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, where she where she worked in sales at M.M. Cohn’s, until the store closed in 2007, then Belk Department Store, where she continued her more than 50-year career as a specialist with Clinique Cosmetics. She retired from Belk in March of 2020, following their Covid-19 layoffs.

Ritchie loved spending time decorating her home and working countless hours in her garden. Family and friends alike marveled at her skill and talent for making both “magazine worthy.” Ritchie had a beautiful “infectious” smile, a very young spirit, and met life’s many challenges with a positive attitude. Her love for dance and music started at a very young age, even appearing on American Band Stand on one occasion. Ritchie loved our Country, volunteering for many years as an election worker for many National, State, and local elections.

Ritchie is survived by her son, Jeffrey Spector, Florida, her sister, Judi Marcus Farinelli, Olathe, Kansas, two nieces, Gennifer Levey, Brattleboro, Vermont, and Megan Hankins, Olathe, Kansas, two great nieces, Emery and Rosie Hankins, and a great nephew, Isaac Hankins. Ritchie will be missed by her family, friends, and neighbors.

Ritchie requested no services, but asked that we celebrate her life with loving thoughts and memories.

Cremation arrangements entrusted to www.ArkansasCremation.com.

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