Edith Edelgard Riske Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Ontario, CA -- Our beloved mother and grandmother, Edith E. Riske died November 9, 2015. Born Januay 9, 1922, in Pommern, Germany. She later moved to Dibbesdorf, Germany from where she and her husband and daughter immigrated to America in 1950. During her lifetime she lived in Freeport, TX; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Reno, Nevada and ultimately in Ontario, California. Edith worked at JC Penneys until her retirement. Determined to stay busy, she volunteered many years of translating genealogy data film strips from German to English. She also created a website [www.edithriske.com] wherein she published her story of survival in Germany during WWII. She and her family were in harms-way and endured horrendous experiences for many months. She was a very generous and giving person. She loved playing with her grandchildren, crocheting, knitting, painting, gardening, puzzling, games and enjoyed traveling. She is survived by her daughters, Evelyn Sherman and husband, Jack; Karin Wagner and husband, Bill; five grandchildren, John Sherman, Thomas Sherman, Robert Diefenbach, Debora Peed, Kathryn Hoogeveen; and nine great grandchildren, Taylor Peed, Kelli Peed, Audrey Diefenbach, Connor Hoogeveen, Alyssa Hoogeveen, Owen Hoogeveen, Sophia Sherman, Juliet Sherman and Abigail Sherman Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association National Office, 225 N. Michigan Avenue, FL 17, Chicago, IL 60601. For online memorial donations, visit http://www.alz.org/join_the_cause_donate.asp (the hyperlink is to the left of the page). For notification of the donation, please enter Mrs. Evie Sherman, 36 Rancho Laguna Road, Pomona, CA 91766.

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Edith Edelgard Riske

January 9, 1922 - November 9, 2015