Graveside services for Evelyn Gene Rieger will be held at 1pm on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at Resthaven Memorial Park. The family will receive friends prior to services at Resthaven Funeral Home beginning at 11am.
Evelyn was born December 9, 1926 in Melrose, New Mexico, to the late Farris E. and Maggie O. Davis. She was wife of the late Jim Joe Rieger whom she married on January 6, 1947 in Lubbock. Evelyn enjoyed being a homemaker and working alongside her husband. She was very active until her later years and loved sharing a golf game with her husband.
She was preceded in death by her only child, Jo Lyn Rieger.
Evelyn is survived by her sister, Ola Mae Nolan; brother-in-law, Randal Rieger and wife Brenda; nephews: Dana Rieger and wife Misty, Bruce Rieger and wife Suzette, and Brent rieger and wife Cindy; niece, Deborah Hitchcock; Darrel Markham and wife Sherrie, Darren Markham and wife Rhonda, and Doug Markham, Dee Dee Sutton and brother in law Don Markham.
The family suggests memorial to the Alzheimer’s Association, STAR CHAPTER - 4687 North Mesa, Suite 200, El Paso, Texas 79912.