Submitted by: Dan Rich

Jack Leonard Rieder

Nov. 30, 1928 - June 28, 2002

South Bend Tribune 7/1/2002

Jack Leonard Rieder, 73, of Quince Rd., died Friday, June 28 of an apparent heart attack suffered at home. He was born on Nov. 30, 1928 in South Bend to Martha (Swartz) and George L. Rieder.

On April 3, 1948 he married Betty Bailey. He was a member of the United States Marine Corps., and a veteran of World War II. He spent most of his time in China until the communists took over. He had been employed at Yeager Motors and Kreamo Bakery as a mechanic. He began farming (a dairy and beef farm) in 1956 and retired in 2001. He was a member of AARP, the Farm Bureau of St. Joseph County.

Survivors include his wife, Betty (Bailey) Rieder; their children, Dale Rieder (Karen) of Niles, Mich., and David Rieder (Cathy) of South Bend; grandchildren, David Rieder of Indianapolis and Rebecca Thompson (Mike) of South Bend; great grandchildren, Tyler Thompson and Emily Thompson; a brother, George Rieder (Marlene) of North Liberty; and a sister, Joyce Turner (Robert) of Hudson, Fla.; He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Janis Wolfe.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Morning Star Funerals and Cremations, 21275 West Cleveland Road, South Bend, where friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today. Burial will take place at Chapel Hill, Osceola.