CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - RIEKEN Theodore

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Cedar County News, 12/22/1965


Theodore Rieken rites were held at Wynot

Funeral services for Theodore Rieken , 83 of Wynot were held Saturday morning, 
December 18 at Sacred heart Catholic Chruch in Wynot. Rev. George Saxon 
officiated at the 10:00 am  requierm high mass. Interment was in the parish 
cemetery, under the direction of the Smith Wintz funeral home.

Pallbearers were Otto Arens, Wendell Schulte, Ervin Koch, Urban Pinkelman, 
Jerome Promes  and Frank Promes.

Mr. Rieken was born October 9, 1882 in the thow of Diven, Holland. He came 
to the United States in 1903 and settled at Shelby, Nebr.  After residing 
there for 8 years he moved to Buffalo county. He married Cecilia Klein 
October 5, 1909. They moved to Wynot in 1920 an d had resided there since 
then. Mr. Rieken died at the Coleridge Nursing Home December 15, following 
a long illness.

Survivors include his wife, Cecilia; 3 sons – Bernard Rieken of Newton, Ia., 
Gerhard Rieken of Bellevue, and Joseph Rieken of Way; 3 daughters – Mrs. 
Henry (Marie) Hensen, of Sloan, IA., Mrs. Richard (Evelyn)  Mathers of 
Bellevue, and Mrs. Hugo (Agnes) Solko of Lake Andes, SD; a sister, Mrs. 
Nellie Egging of Sidney, and a brother Bernard Rieken of Dalton; 21 
grandchildren and 19 great grandchlldren.  A daughter and a son preceded 
him in death.