Vera Pauline Ritter, age 96, passed away on November 19, 2012 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. Vera was the daughter of Carl F. Wilkes and Ozemma (Smith) Wilkes, she was born on November 11, 1916 in Follansbee, West Virginia. Vera loved living at the Honey Creek Retirement Village for the last ten years and was very devoted to her church. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements have been entrusted to Ellis Family Funeral Home in Grove, Oklahoma.