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RuthAnn Riley
RUTHANN RILEY
Cedar Rapids
RuthAnn Riley, 67, of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, March 13, 2014, at Mercy Medical Center. Graveside Services: 1 p.m. Monday at Ridgewood Cemetery in North Liberty. A visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday at Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel. The Rev. William B. Harnish will officiate.
Survivors include her husband, Boyd Gilbert Riley; her children, Louis Riley of Cedar Rapids, Boyd (Shiela) Riley Jr. of Tucson, Ariz., and Jeannie Riley of Phoenix; three grandchildren, Krissy, William and Waverly Riley; three sisters, Elsie Deason, Edie Ford and Joni Beltz, all of Cedar Rapids; and a sister-in-law, Linda Beltz of Cedar Rapids.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
RuthAnn was born May 18, 1946, in North Liberty, Iowa, the daughter of Glenn and Ellen (Schminkey) Beltz. She married Boyd Gilbert Riley on Aug. 6, 1966, in North Liberty. RuthAnn worked in home health care.
She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
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