Obit of Vera Riedl (r340) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 23 Aug 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Riedl, Kauk, Trost, Robinson, Carter, Rhoades, Darrow Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/4839 Funeral services for Vera Riedl, 83, were held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 30, 1988 at the Community Federated Church in Thermopolis with Rev. Dan Molyneux officiating. Mrs. Riedl died August 26, 1988 at Hot Spring County Memorial Hospital after a short illness. She was born June 8, 1905 in Butler, Oklahoma to Christian and Magdalena Trost Kauk. She came to Thermopolis from Oklahoma to work for relatives at Hot Springs State Park. She married Joseph Riedl on December 8, 1941, at Billimgs, Montana. They ranched in Hot Springs County until 1967, at which time they sold the ranch and moved into Thermopolis to live. Mr. Riedl died in 1977. She was an active member of the Community Federated Church, B.P.O. Does, American Legion Auxiliary and Rebekah Lodge #19. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, crocheting and knitting. She is survived by one son, Harley (Bud) of Thermopolis; five brothers, Albert Kauk of California, Emil, Lee and Delbert Kau of Leedey, Oklahoma and L.D. Kauk of Louisiana; three sisters, Ruth Robinson and Bernice Carter of Leedey, Oklahoma and Doris Rhoades of California; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Eileen Darrow and three brothers. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery. Memorial to the Community Federated Church will be appreciated by the family. Mortimore Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK