Helen P. Riley

Helen P. Riley, 79, of Sioux City died Friday, April 25, 2008, at a Sioux City hospital.

Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at Whitfield United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Michelle Williamson officiating. There will be no visitation. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.

Helen P. Riley was born Oct. 14, 1928, in Sedalia, Mo., to George and Opal (Kilborn) Glaason. She graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 1948.

She married Robert Riley on July 14, 1949, in Dakota City.

She was a member of Whitfield United Methodist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Robert of Sioux City; a daughter, Linda and her husband, Gary Damrau of Crescent, Iowa; and special grandchildren, Tara and Chloe Smith, Matthew (Susan) Bode and Robert Swanson, all of Sioux City.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and a grandson, Riley Damrau.