Services for Ralf Waldemar Albritton, of Forest Grove, Ore.,were held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at Fuiten, Rose &Hoyt Funeral Home, 2308 Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove.

Mr. Albritton, 45, died Dec. 7, 2007, at his residence. He wasborn on March 4, 1962, in Aschaffenburg, Germany, to Thomas W.Albritton and Ingeborg (Wiserd) Albritton. Thanks to his father’smilitary career, he spent his early years in Alabama, Germany,Alaska, and later on in various places in Idaho, Mississippi andOregon.

He worked in various enterprises to include oil exploration andthe hotel business, until illness put a stop to his aspirations.Talented and artistic, he was an avid outdoorsman and anaccomplished musician.

He is survived by his wife of 14 years, Maria Rivera, of ForestGrove; his daughters, Chelse Albritton, of Vancouver, Wash., andSarah Albritton, of Forest Grove; his stepdaughter, AngelaChouinard, of Forest Grove; his stepson, David Godinez, of ForestGrove; his parents, Thomas and Ingeborg Albritton, of Weiser,Idaho; his brothers, Christoff Albritton, of North Pole, Alaska;Eugene Albritton, Keith Albritton and Ben Albritton all of Ozark,Ala.; Thomas Albritton, of Jerome, Idaho; and Arno Albritton ofWeiser, Idaho; his two grandchildren; his aunts, Joan Case and FayeThornhill, both of Brookhaven; and a number of cousins and otherrelatives in Brookhaven, as well as nieces and nephews.

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