Dorothy R. Rieger
Fawn Township
Dorothy R. Rieger, 81, of Fawn Township, died Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, in Saxony Health Care Center, Saxonburg. Mrs. Rieger was born Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1927, in Tarentum, to the late Albert A. and Ethel Foster Beckwith.
She had worked for Liberty Mirror as a polisher.
She was a member of the Center United Methodist Church of Fawn Township, where she led the Little Choir in the early 1960s.
She volunteered for Meals on Wheels, and finished wood products built by her husband. She enjoyed cooking, baking, crocheting, sewing, flower and vegetable gardening, painting, helping others and enjoyed spending time with family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Paul C. "Pat" Rieger; her children, Paul D. Rieger, of South Buffalo Township, Sharon A. (Kenneth) Wissinger, of Saxonburg, and Trenece A. (Gary) Wisnick, of Fawn Township; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Kenneth P. Wissinger; a great-grandson, Kainin Wisnick; a brother, John Beckwith; and a sister, Mae Ankrom.
When asked what she will do in her eternal life she stated she will lead the little choir of angels in heaven.
Family and friends are invited from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday to the ROBERT PETERS FUNERAL HOME, Natrona Heights, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday with her pastor, the Rev. James E. Gascoine, officiating.
Burial will follow in Mt. Airy Cemetery, Natrona Heights.
(Obituary from The Valley News Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.)
Fawn Township
Dorothy R. Rieger, 81, of Fawn Township, died Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, in Saxony Health Care Center, Saxonburg. Mrs. Rieger was born Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1927, in Tarentum, to the late Albert A. and Ethel Foster Beckwith.
She had worked for Liberty Mirror as a polisher.
She was a member of the Center United Methodist Church of Fawn Township, where she led the Little Choir in the early 1960s.
She volunteered for Meals on Wheels, and finished wood products built by her husband. She enjoyed cooking, baking, crocheting, sewing, flower and vegetable gardening, painting, helping others and enjoyed spending time with family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Paul C. "Pat" Rieger; her children, Paul D. Rieger, of South Buffalo Township, Sharon A. (Kenneth) Wissinger, of Saxonburg, and Trenece A. (Gary) Wisnick, of Fawn Township; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Kenneth P. Wissinger; a great-grandson, Kainin Wisnick; a brother, John Beckwith; and a sister, Mae Ankrom.
When asked what she will do in her eternal life she stated she will lead the little choir of angels in heaven.
Family and friends are invited from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday to the ROBERT PETERS FUNERAL HOME, Natrona Heights, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday with her pastor, the Rev. James E. Gascoine, officiating.
Burial will follow in Mt. Airy Cemetery, Natrona Heights.
(Obituary from The Valley News Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.)
Dorothy R. Rieger
Fawn Township
Dorothy R. Rieger, 81, of Fawn Township, died Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, in Saxony Health Care Center, Saxonburg. Mrs. Rieger was born Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1927, in Tarentum, to the late Albert A. and Ethel Foster Beckwith.
She had worked for Liberty Mirror as a polisher.
She was a member of the Center United Methodist Church of Fawn Township, where she led the Little Choir in the early 1960s.
She volunteered for Meals on Wheels, and finished wood products built by her husband. She enjoyed cooking, baking, crocheting, sewing, flower and vegetable gardening, painting, helping others and enjoyed spending time with family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Paul C. "Pat" Rieger; her children, Paul D. Rieger, of South Buffalo Township, Sharon A. (Kenneth) Wissinger, of Saxonburg, and Trenece A. (Gary) Wisnick, of Fawn Township; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Kenneth P. Wissinger; a great-grandson, Kainin Wisnick; a brother, John Beckwith; and a sister, Mae Ankrom.
When asked what she will do in her eternal life she stated she will lead the little choir of angels in heaven.
Family and friends are invited from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday to the ROBERT PETERS FUNERAL HOME, Natrona Heights, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday with her pastor, the Rev. James E. Gascoine, officiating.
Burial will follow in Mt. Airy Cemetery, Natrona Heights.
(Obituary from The Valley News Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.)
Fawn Township
Dorothy R. Rieger, 81, of Fawn Township, died Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008, in Saxony Health Care Center, Saxonburg. Mrs. Rieger was born Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1927, in Tarentum, to the late Albert A. and Ethel Foster Beckwith.
She had worked for Liberty Mirror as a polisher.
She was a member of the Center United Methodist Church of Fawn Township, where she led the Little Choir in the early 1960s.
She volunteered for Meals on Wheels, and finished wood products built by her husband. She enjoyed cooking, baking, crocheting, sewing, flower and vegetable gardening, painting, helping others and enjoyed spending time with family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Paul C. "Pat" Rieger; her children, Paul D. Rieger, of South Buffalo Township, Sharon A. (Kenneth) Wissinger, of Saxonburg, and Trenece A. (Gary) Wisnick, of Fawn Township; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Kenneth P. Wissinger; a great-grandson, Kainin Wisnick; a brother, John Beckwith; and a sister, Mae Ankrom.
When asked what she will do in her eternal life she stated she will lead the little choir of angels in heaven.
Family and friends are invited from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday to the ROBERT PETERS FUNERAL HOME, Natrona Heights, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday with her pastor, the Rev. James E. Gascoine, officiating.
Burial will follow in Mt. Airy Cemetery, Natrona Heights.
(Obituary from The Valley News Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.)
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