She and Rudy Diegel were married June 25, 1939 on the Rieger Ranch on Fallon Creek. They farmed and ranched on Buffalo Rapids Project until their 1961 move to Great Falls to own and operate a coin-operated dry cleaning laundromat. Upon retirement they returned to Glendive, whee they had since resided.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, a charter member of Hill and Dale Homemaker Club and a member of Glendive Women of the Moose. Mrs Diegel was a Buffalo Rapids Ranger-Review correspondent, a 4H leader and taught Sunday school at Fallon Hope American Lutheran Church.
Mrs Diegel, 86, passed away in Glendive Medical Center Extended Care June 10, 2002.Survivors include five daughters; Donna (Ron) Mitchell, Glendive, Darlene (Bob) Erickson, Great Falls, Judy (Mike) Johnson, Chinook, Beverly (Buck) Tuttle, Hillside AZ, and Sandee Gibbs, Murietta CA; three son, Derrell (Beverly) Diegel, Baker, Dennis (Marilyn) Diegel, Glendive and Rodney (Judy) Diegel, Billings. Also three brothers; John (Dorothy) Reiger, Glendive, Bud (Betty) Rieger, Plevna, and Ted (Arlys) Rieger, Billings; four sisters, Claudia (Wesley) Lausch, Alberton, Lilly Kay True, Edmonds WA, Elsie (Wilford) Henderson, San Marcos CA and Erna (Les) Miller, Towson MD; 19 grandchildren; and 40 great-grandchildren.
--condensed from The Terry Tribune 6-12-2002 p. 5
She and Rudy Diegel were married June 25, 1939 on the Rieger Ranch on Fallon Creek. They farmed and ranched on Buffalo Rapids Project until their 1961 move to Great Falls to own and operate a coin-operated dry cleaning laundromat. Upon retirement they returned to Glendive, whee they had since resided.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, a charter member of Hill and Dale Homemaker Club and a member of Glendive Women of the Moose. Mrs Diegel was a Buffalo Rapids Ranger-Review correspondent, a 4H leader and taught Sunday school at Fallon Hope American Lutheran Church.
Mrs Diegel, 86, passed away in Glendive Medical Center Extended Care June 10, 2002.Survivors include five daughters; Donna (Ron) Mitchell, Glendive, Darlene (Bob) Erickson, Great Falls, Judy (Mike) Johnson, Chinook, Beverly (Buck) Tuttle, Hillside AZ, and Sandee Gibbs, Murietta CA; three son, Derrell (Beverly) Diegel, Baker, Dennis (Marilyn) Diegel, Glendive and Rodney (Judy) Diegel, Billings. Also three brothers; John (Dorothy) Reiger, Glendive, Bud (Betty) Rieger, Plevna, and Ted (Arlys) Rieger, Billings; four sisters, Claudia (Wesley) Lausch, Alberton, Lilly Kay True, Edmonds WA, Elsie (Wilford) Henderson, San Marcos CA and Erna (Les) Miller, Towson MD; 19 grandchildren; and 40 great-grandchildren.
--condensed from The Terry Tribune 6-12-2002 p. 5
Family Members
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Leon Rieger
1911–1986
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Edwin Rieger
1912–1997
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John Jacob Rieger
1914–2009
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1LT Paul Emanuel Rieger
1917–1945
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Benjamin J "Ben" Rieger
1918–1984
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Dorothea "Dot" Rieger Cain
1919–1999
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Claudia Rieger Lausch
1920–2010
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Lillian Kathryn "Lilly Kay" Rieger True
1921–2009
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Richard Rieger
1922–1988
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Erna Rieger Miller
1926–2018
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Robert Fredrick "Bud" Rieger
1927–2002
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Ruth Adeline Rieger
1928–1932
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Ruby E Hatch
1930–1993
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