My Sympathy goes out to the family during your time of grief. May God's loving-kindness comfort you and help you through this difficult time. (Psalm 119:50,76)

Mike, Thank you for your service. 
May God Bless your family. My prayers and sympathy.

 Angels hold you close now in their loving arms ... Finally at peace and pain free . You fought the fight now it's time to rest . You have left behind so many great memories in the hearts of many ,and there you will live forever . Amen

Peace and love from the Hayhursts.  God bless you all Rileys.  Love, Bonnie and Dirk

We were so sorry to hear of Mike's passing. To us he will always be that lovable young man who bought our house. Rest in peace Mike and God Bless you and your family.

My dear friend, I will miss you. I know you are at rest and at peace now. I will, forever, remember  all the good times we have had together.Jim Rich

We were so very sorry to hear of Mike's passing. To us he will always be that lovable kid who bought our house.  Rest in peace Mike and 
God bless you and your family.

How it goes...life sure isn't fair. We can only hope that you're in the best place now...a place anyone would hope be in someday...you certainly deserve that my friend. Rest in peace Michael.

Corey Marshall

Rest in God's loving arms Riley. You've left us all with warm hearts and fond memories.Blessings to your family.

Wayne, Judy, Mark and Family, Words seem inadequate to express the sadness I feel about Mike's passing. Mike brought so many gifts to my life. I will never forget him! Wishing you peace, comfort, courage to face the days ahead and loving memories to forever hold in your hearts. May you find comfort by the outpouring of love surrounding you!

35 years of lunacy, laughter & great times.

Black trucks, Trans Am's & big, ‘ol Cadillac's. 

Quarts of 3.2% beer, $1 Kamikaze's & chilled shots of Absolut.

Bumper hitchin' off the back of the gray van, riding $50 snowmobiles across Mayfield Rd. & skiing at Holiday Valley (ok, we pretty much took Mike to the top of the hill and let gravity guide him).

Nelson Ledges, circus tents & camping with lawn chairs.

Mike clomping around the Columbus apartment in those Frye boots, pellet-guns by the railroad tracks & parties in Dayton that he went to (Corey's late night ‘wrong-turn' misadventure to Lima) and those he didn't (Mama Riley: “You're not taking my baby to Dayton!”).

Euchre (cheating as best we could), pitching horseshoes at the power lines & fireworks in Larry's hat while he was wearing it.

1 hour Denny's lunches at 9:30am, “Peek over your napkin” dinners during the holidays & and 5# of ‘his' pasta salad in the summer.

“See ya…!”, “Easy, girl…” & “Whaddya doin…?”

Very few people you meet in life that you can entrust with *the* most important things in your own life…Mike was one of those people; never had to worry when he was around. While the world is surely now an emptier place without him in it, I remain eternally grateful for all the times we had.

Godspeed Mike, nobody could ask for a better friend.

for ever in our hearts

Don & Rose Hosack

Mark, Judy and Wayne, Sorry for the loss of you brother. Our prayers are with your families.

To the Riley family.....So sorry for your loss my deepest sympathy goes to the all of you. Lisa Steffan

My heart and prayers are with all of you.

Dear Judy, Mark and Wayne my heart is breaking.  Mike will never be forgotten.  I am still in shock, but I know he is finally at peace and can now walk with the angels and your parents.  Please accept my deepest sympathies.  Love Wendy Antopolsky

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Michael Riley

June 1, 1964 – January 18, 2015

Whitehaven Memorial Park

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