Ward Lee Rierson (1888-1982)

RIERSON, JORGENSON, JERGENSON, ENGELSON, AICK, KEPHART, HANSEN

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 3/24/2014 at 06:25:16

From Nevada Journal February 1982

WARD RIERSON

Ward L. Rierson, 93, of Ames, died Wednesday evening, Feb. 10, 198 at his home.

He was born in Story County on May 10, 1888, the son of Louis and Emma Jergenson Rierson. On June 8, 1927, he married Mamie Engelson at the Little Brown Church, Nashua, Iowa.

Mr. Rierson had the first Chrysler dealership in Story County, in Nevada. He farmed north of Nevada until moving to Ames in 1949, where he was in the real estate business for several years. He was a member of Ascension Lutheran Church, Ames.

He is survived by two sons, Loren of Nevada and Carroll of Ames; three daughters, Mary Amick of Las Vegas, Nev., Wanda Kephart of Balboa, Calif., and Bonny Hansen of Fort Collins, Col.; eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. His wife, Mamie, preceded him in death in May, 1981.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 13 at 10 a.m. at Ascension Lutheran Church in Ames. Burial will follow in the Nevada cemetery.

Friends may call at the Stevens Memorial Chapel, Ames, on Friday, Feb. 12, from 5 to 9 p.m.