OBIT: Helen (COLBERT) RILEY, 1983, Martinsburg RD, Blair County, PA

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HELEN C. RILEY

Mrs. Riley, 73, of Martinsburg RD 2, formerly of Roaring Spring, died 
at 9:05 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 1983, in Nason Hospital, Roaring Spring, 
after an extended illness.
  She was born July 21, 1909, in Martinsburg, the daughter of Webster 
and Eugenia (Smouse) Colbert, and May 12, 1925, married William H. 
Riley, who died Sept. 3, 1974.
  Surviving are 10 children:  William H. Jr. and Mrs. Lois Phillips of 
Altoona, Mrs. Jeanne Johnson of Harrisburg, Max of Lancaster, Mrs. Mary 
Jane Smith of Martinsburg, Robert L., Chester D., and Mrs. Doris 
Brubaker of Roaring Spring, Staff Sgt. John A. of Fort Campbell, Ky., 
and James K. of East Freedom; 25 grandchildren and six great-
grandchildren.
  Also surviving are two brothers and a sister:  Homer of Johnstown, 
Edgar of Orlando, Fla. and Mrs. Viola Benner of Martinsburg.
  Mrs. Riley was a member of Grace Brethren Church, Martinsburg, where 
she belonged to the Rose Circle Sunday School class.
  She was a member of the Murray-Appleman American Legion Post 
Auxiliary, Roaring Spring.
  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. today in the J. 
Gary Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring.

RILEY - Services for Helen C. Riley of Martinsburg RD 2 will be held at 
11 a.m. Tuesday in the Grace Brethren Church, Martinsburg, by the Rev. 
William Snell. Interment in Fairview Cemetery, Martinsburg. Friends 
will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. today in the J. Gary 
Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring. Memorials may be made to the 
Hymnal Fund of the Grace Brethren Church, Martinsburg.

Altoona Mirror, January 10, 1983