RIEHM, Mary F. (1918-2007)

RIEHM, DAY, MCDERMOTT, BORCHERDING, BERTILSON, KORDING, SCOTT, GULLIVER

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Date: 3/11/2016 at 13:07:48

Florine Riehm, 1918-2007

March 14, 2007

Florine Riehm, 88, of Garner, died on Monday, March 5, 2007, at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Danville, Illinois.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, March 17, at the United Methodist Church in Garner, with the Rev. David Wagner officiating. Burial will be in the Concord Township Cemetery in Garner.

Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m., on Friday, March 16, at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel in Garner and will continue one hour prior to the services at the church.

Mary Florine Riehm, daughter of Fred and Charlotte (Day) McDermott, was born on October 4, 1918. She graduated from the Moville High School at the age of 16. She attended a business school for one year in Sioux City before entering the University of Iowa. She graduated in 1940 with a degree in Business Administration. After college she worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville, Tennessee, the Glen L. Martin Company and at the Sioux City Air Base during World War II.

On February 23, 1943, she married Curtis G. Riehm, her college sweetheart, in Omaha, Nebraska. After his four years in the Army, they located in Garner, where Florine helped Curtis open his law office. Curtis practiced law for over 50 years.

For over 35 years Florine and Curtis spent summers at their home on Clear Lake enjoying boating and water activities with their family and friends. They also enjoyed traveling. Summer vacations with the children were spent driving across the United States to visit National Parks. Later they traveled the world with friends, including the first Pan Am tour to China. She sold her home in Garner last summer to move to a retirement apartment near her daughter, Carol, and then suffered a stroke in August.

Florine was very active in the Garner Methodist Church, serving as the treasurer for many years, as well as a member of the United Methodist Women. She was honored a few years ago for her 50 years as a member of P.E.O. She was one of the long-time members of Recital Club. Other groups that she was active in include Eastern Star, North Iowa Council of the Girl Scouts of America, the American Legion Auxiliary, Rotary Wives and the Republican Party. When her children were young, she served as a Girl Scout Leader and a Boy Scout Den Leader. Later she was active in three bridge groups. She also enjoyed music, knitting, and needlepoint.

Florine is survived by her three children, Beverly Riehm and her husband, Randall Borcherding of San Francisco, California, Charles Riehm and his wife, Sarah of Richardson, Texas and Carol Bertilson and her husband, Dennis of Fithian, Illinois; six grandchildren, Brayden Borcherding, Andrew, Amanda, and Jennifer Riehm and Melanie Kording (Scott) and Amy Bertilson; a sister, Arlene Gulliver and her husband, Arthur of Ralston, Nebraska; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis; and her parents.

©The Garner Leader & Signal 2007