- Date Of Birth: October 20, 1936
- Date Of Death: January 5, 2019
- State: Colorado
Richard M. “Dick” Riegel, 82, of Morrison passed away on January 5, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. Richard was born on October 20, 1936 in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. He was the son of Melvin and Jeanette (Ruder) Riegel, and grew up the oldest of three children.
After graduating from Redwood Falls High School, Dad ventured off to the University of Notre Dame and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1958. Thus, his lifelong engagement with the University began that included being a part of the ND Club of Washington, DC, the ND Club of Denver, he was a member of the Senior Alumni Board for the University – and he attended as many Notre Dame events as possible over the many years since his graduation.
After Notre Dame, Dad enlisted in the US Army, and served two years in Okinawa, Japan before transferring into the Army Reserves as he returned home. Soon thereafter he embarked on a 37-year career as a proud civil servant, serving at the Pentagon with the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, and for the final 31 years in various roles within the Department of the Interior. His final role was serving as the Director of Human Resources for the Bureau of Reclamation at the Federal Center in Lakewood, CO.
While working at the Pentagon, he met the love of his life, Virginia Riegel and after a courtship of just five months they were engaged in February of 1967, and married in August of that year.
