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Edith Jane Riegel

Nov 27, 1928 - May 29, 2018

Edith Jane Riegel died in Glenwood Springs, Colorado on May 29, 2018. She was born to Volentine and Lucy DaVault in Pratt, Kansas on November 27, 1928.

Edith grew up in Lamar, Colorado, and started working as a telephone operator there at the age of 16 for Mountain Bell. Loving technology, she was happiest with a phone in her hand and a computer nearby. (shown in picture).

She married the love of her life, Clyde L. Riegel

In 1976 they moved to Glenwood Springs, Colorado where they lived until 1996. She retired after 53 years, and then worked at Hotel Jerome in Aspen, and Silver Tree Hotel in Snowmass Village.

They later moved to St. George, Utah, where they spent 10 years before returning to Grand Junction in 2007.

After Clyde’s passing in 2010, Edith returned to the Glenwood area. Spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were the bright spot in her life and meant everything to her.

Her family deeply misses her and will cherish the memories and unconditional love she shared with us. She will forever be remembered for her ability to make everyone laugh, her kind and loving heart, and her beautiful smile.

Edith is preceded in death by her Husband Clyde three brothers and one sister.

She is survived by her sons, Gary Riegel of Grand Junction, CO and Darrell Riegel of Eckert, CO; daughters, Diana Anderson of Rifle, CO; Janet Taylor of Conifer, CO; Sister, Maxine Palmer of Haysville, KS; 11 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren, and 5 great-great grandchildren.

The family would prefer no flowers be delivered please. In lieu of flowers, you can make a donation in Edith's name to a charity of your choice.

; date and location per WW II draft registration (Ancestry.com). Illegitimate son of Emilie Joost and an unknown father. Emilie Joost, 27 MAR 1897-17 SEP 1993 subsequently married George Edmund Frobenius and lived with him at Peabody, Kansas, and had a daughter, Anita and a son, Edward.

Emilie Joost, age 26, last residence Ripperswald, Germany, was listed on the Arriving Passenger and Crew List on the S.S. America, sailing from Bremen, Germany and arriving on 26 SEP 1923 at the Port of New York. Her name is listed immediately under Jacob Joost, age 23, also from Ripperswald. This was her brother Jacob Joost (1899-1972), listed on the 1930 census of Risley, Marion County, Kansas, with another brother, Gustav Joost, and their mother, Christina. (Ancestry.com)

The following is her obituary, found in Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, Salt Lake City, UT (Ancestry.com):

Hillsboro Star Journal, Hillsboro, Kansas; Wednesday, 22 SEP 1993:

Services for Emilie Frobenius, 96, Hillsboro, were held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Peabody, on Monday, Sept. 20, with Pastor Charles Ledin officiating. Frobenius died on Friday, Sept. 17, at Salem Hospital. Burial was held at the Prarie (sic) Lawn Cemetery, Peabody.

She was born in Germany on March 27, 1897, to David and Christina Krowl Joost. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church and remained a member all of her life.

She arrived from Germany with two brothers when she was 18 years old and they went to live in Aulne. She worked in Wichita doing housework. In 1926, she married George Edmund Frobenius at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Peabody. She and her husband went to live on his parents’ home place where he had been born. Her son, Ed, continued to farm the home place but in recent years, he and Emilie moved into Hillsboro. She loved gardening and flowers.

Her husband, a son and a daughter preceded her in death.

Survivors include her son, Edward, Hillsboro; one sister, Minnie Piel, Salem, Ore., seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Memorials have been established with St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Peabody.

NOTE: The early part of her story in this obituary is not accurate – she arrived in 1923 (when she was 26) with one brother. DLB 2023.

Obituary – The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California; Thursday, 4 NOV 1971, page E9 (Newspapers.com):

Woodland Rites Are Set For Mill Supply Owner

WOODLAND – Funeral services for Frederick Joost, 54, Woodland contractor and farmer killed in an automobile accident, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in McNary’s Chapel.

Joost, owner of the Woodland Mill Supply and a resident of Woodland more than 20 years, was killed Tuesday in a head-on collision near Mountain Home, Idaho while on a hunting trip.

He was a native of Germany.

Survivors include his wife, Marie; sons, Lawrence and Dennis both of Woodland; daughters, Sharon Rasmussen of Miami, Fla., Debbie Joost of San Diego, and Bonnie Joost of Woodland; a brother Edward Frob of Peabody, Kan.,; a sister, Anita Miller of St. Louis, Mo.; and two grandchildren.

Joost was a member of Woodland Elks Lodge No. 1299, the Yolo Fliers Club and the Commercial Exchange.

NOTE: His son Frederick was living in 1971 -- do not know why he was omitted from his father's obituary. DLB 2023.