Homer L. Riggle 1911-2002

RIGGLE, WELLS

Posted By: Lori Clark (email)
Date: 11/8/2002 at 09:08:50

Gay & Ciha Funeral & Cremation Service– Iowa City – (319) 338-1132
2720 Muscatine Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52240

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North Liberty Dateline:

Homer L. Riggle, age 91 of the Solon Nursing Care Center, formerly of North Liberty died Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at the care center in Solon.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 11, 2002, at the First United Methodist Church in North Liberty with the Reverend Alecia Williams officiating. Burial will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Iowa City. Visitation will be from 3 to 6pm Sunday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in Homer’s memory. Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Homer’s family and his services.

Homer was born June 1, 1911, in Endicott, Nebraska. He married Beaulah Wells on December 12, 1933, in Endicott. The couple farmed in Nebraska until 1941 when they moved to West Liberty, Iowa. The family moved to the North Liberty area in 1944 where they farmed on the farm that remains in their family. They lived here until moving into town. Beaulah died April 22, 1996. Homer moved to the care center in Solon in July of last year.

He was an active member of the North Liberty United Methodist Church, Johnson County Farm Bureau, charter member of the Optimist Club of North Liberty,involved in the building of the Johnson County Fair Grounds, leader of the Victory 4-H Club, and played softball with the North Liberty softball team, at one time he and his three sons all belonged on the same team.

Homer’s family includes his three sons and their wives, Dale and Betty Riggle of Amarillo, TX, Ivan and Jean Riggle of Victor, Iowa, and William “Bill” and Sylvia Riggle of Abita Springs, LA; grandsons, Ronald and his wife, Kathy Riggle of Swisher, Timothy and his wife, Kimberly Riggle of North Liberty, and Tom Riggle of Corona, CA; granddaughter and her husband, Joan and Bill Buckner of Albuquerque, NM; seven step-grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, twelve step-great grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and two sisters.