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Elizabeth Rieder

Aug. 8, 1932-Sept. 25, 2020

Elizabeth Rieder, 88,

Drake, passed away Fri-

day, September 25, 2020,

at the Trinity Hospital in

Minot. Her funeral will

be held Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at 10:30

AM at St. Margaret Mary

Catholic Church in Drake

with burial in the church

cemetery. Visitation will

be held Tuesday from 5

P.M. to 7 P.M. followed by

a 7 P.M. prayer service,

all at the church. Ar-

rangements are with Nel-

son Funeral Home of

Drake.

Elizabeth Ziegler, dau-

ghter of Joseph P. and

Lucy (Heintz) Ziegler, was

born August 8, 1932, in

the Blumenfeld area near

Orrin, ND, where she was

raised and attended a

nearby country school.

On October 9, 1952, El-

izabeth was united in

marriage to Henry Rieder

at the Blumenfeld Cathol-

ic Church. They made

their home in Drake,

where Elizabeth had lived

since. Henry passed away

November 4, 2010. In ad-

dition to raising her eight

children, Elizabeth work-

ed in housekeeping at the

St. Aloisius Medical

Center in Harvey for a

number of years and later

worked at the Drake

Creamery.

She was a faithful

member of St. Margaret

Mary Catholic Church in

Drake. She and Henry

were also former members

of the Harvey Eagles Club,

where they enjoyed danc-

ing, especially to Polka

music.

Elizabeth also enjoyed

raising flowers, collecting

knick-knacks and socializ-ing with friends. She

especially loved fussing

over her grandchildren

and great-grandchildren

and celebrating the

Christmas season.

Elizabeth also loved be-

ing able to remain in her

own home and was able

to do so with the help of

family and special friends,

Larry Clark and Ralph

Gange.

She is survived by her

children, Larry Rieder,

Terry (Paulette Martin)

Rieder and Duane Rieder

all of Drake, Daniel Rieder

of Minot, Patrick (Shan-

non) Rieder of Dilworth,

MN, Lori (Randy) Horst-

mann of Castle Rock, CO,

and Cathy Rieder of Har-

vey; 7 grandchildren; 2

great-grandchildren; 4

brothers, John Ziegler of

St. Cloud, MN, Tony (Di-

ane) Ziegler of Arizona,

Joey (Cindy) Ziegler of

Florida and Leroy Ziegler

of Nevada; and 2 sisters,

Bertha Schofield of Min-

neapolis, MN, and Jenny

Bachmeier of Bismarck.

Elizabeth was preceded

in death by her husband,

Henry; her son, Richard;

her parents; 2 brothers,

Richard and infant broth-

er, George; and 2 sisters,

Lena Bachmeier and

Agnes Klein.

Online condolences

may be left at

www.nelsonfuneralhomes

nd.com.