Joseph F.Ritarick;70;of 216 Cook Road;Fairhope;died Thursday;May 4;1972;at 6:50 p.m.in Brownsville Hospital. He was born in Czechoslovakia Sept.17;1901. He was a member of Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City. A retired coal miner;he was a member of United Mine Workers Local 2244. Surviving are his widow;Margaret Brazzon Ritarcik;one daughter;Mrs.John (Dorothy) Canigiani of New Eagle;one brother;Frank Ritarcik of Fayette City;four sisters;Mrs.Frank (Mary) Palvekosky of Charleroi;Mrs.Frank (Margie) Vesely of Dunlevy;Mrs.George (Kathryn) Kaschok of Stockdale and Mrs.Fred (Dorothy) Slaney of Pittsburgh;four grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Friends will be received after 4 p.m.Saturday at the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;where a Rosary will be recited Sunday at 8 p.m.and a Blessing service will be held Monday;May 8;at 9:30 a.m.followed by Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m.;at Holy Spirit R.C.Church;Fayette City;with the Rev.Stephen J.Drab as celebrant. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Howard W.McCrory;funeral director.