Harold Riley

Harold E. Riley age 79 of Nashua, Iowa died Monday December 10, 2012, at Cedar Health of Charles City. Funeral services will be Held 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 14, 2012, at the United Methodist Church in Nashua with Pastor Okitakoyi Lundula presiding. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Nashua with military rites by the Nashua V.F.W. Post #6792. Friends may greet the family 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 13, 2012, at the Hugeback - Johnson Funeral Home, Nashua. Visitation continues an hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Harold Edward Riley was born May 16, 1933, in Auburn, IA, the son of Earl C. and Mary B. (Fisher) Riley. He received his elementary education in Waterloo and was a 1951 graduate of the Nashua High School, where he was an All Conference Center on their football team. He was inducted into the United States Army during the Korean War and received an honorable discharge. On June 15, 1952, at the United Methodist Church in Nashua, he married Ruby C. Bean. To this union two sons were born, Denny and Todd. The couple made Nashua their home where they raised their boys. Harold worked for over 30 years at the former White Farm Equipment Company in Charles City and later retired from Iowa Manufacturing and Tool Company in Garner. Harold loved the outdoors, hunting deer and pheasant, golfing and was a member of the Nashua Boat Club. He was a member of the United Methodist Church and the American Legion. Survivors include his wife, Ruby; two sons, Dennis (Rhonda) Riley of Waverly, IA and Todd (Joyce Ann) Riley of Richmond, VA; four grandchildren, Denise Dougherty, Kiana Baker both of Omaha, Kelli Rokusek of Cedar Falls and Scott Riley of Richmond, VA; three step-grandchildren, Heather Schroeder, Kelly Barry and Kyle Bork; nine great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his step-father, Dale Baldwin; one brother, Kenneth Riley; one sister-in-law, Vicki Mehman; one brother-in-law, Henry Dawson.