Reigh Glen Neukirch (Lebanon)
May 3, 1929 - May 25, 2012

Reigh Glen Neukirch, son of Fred and Ivy Pippig Neukirch, was born May 3,
1929, in Lookout, Oklahoma.
He departed this life Friday, May 25, 2012, at his home, near Lebanon,
Missouri, at the age of eighty-three years, and twenty-two days.
On December 23, 1952, he was united in marriage to Mary Helen Nish, and to
this union one daughter was born.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Mary, on September 23,
2003; six brothers, Lewis, Leslie, George, William, Frank, and Fred, Jr.; and
four sisters, Mary, Marjorie, Gladys, and Hazel.
Reigh is survived by a daughter, Nancy Machado, and her husband, Bruce, of
Fort Hood, Texas; two grandchildren, Carlyn Machado, of Columbus, Georgia,
Justin Machado, of Fort Hood, Texas; a number of nieces and nephews; as well
as a host of other relatives and friends.
He was raised on the family farm near Lookout, Oklahoma, and attended
Freedom High School, in Freedom, Oklahoma.
He entered the military as a young man, and served in the United States Army
Air Corps and later the Air Force for six years, during the Korean War.
He was stationed in Thailand during part of that time, and was discharged with
the rank of Staff Sergeant.
He and Mary made their home in Ohio and Illinois before settling in Lake
Geneva, Wisconsin.
Reigh worked as an electrical engineer at Magnavox and for the State Long
Distance Telephone Company for a number of years.
In 2004, he moved to the Lebanon, Missouri area, and enjoyed his retirement.
Reigh was a longtime member of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
Since moving to Lebanon, he was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, where
he served as an Elder.
He earned his pilots license at the age of sixty-two, owned a plane for a number
of years, and was active in the Civil Air Patrol in Wisconsin.
He and Mary loved dancing, and enjoyed ballroom dancing, square dancing,