Edgar "Ed" Earl RIFFEL

1926 - 2017  (90 years)

• Name	Edgar "Ed" Earl RIFFEL
  Nickname	Ed
  Birth	16 Jul 1926	Lost Springs, Marion, Kansas, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1930	Colfax, Marion, Kansas, United States   [1]
  Residence	1930	Kansas, Kansas, United States   [2]
  Residence	1935	Same House   [1]
  Residence	1940	Colfax Township, Marion, Kansas, United States   [1]
  Military Draft Registration	16 Jul 1944  [1]
  	Military Draft Registration
  Military Draft Registration	16 Jul 1944  [2]
  	Military Draft Registration
  Occupation	[2]
  	Pressman
  Residence	Ramona, Marion, Kansas, United States   [2]
  Residence	10 Apr 1950	Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States   [1]
  _FSFTID	P3BC-TJB
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/P3BC-TJB
  _UID	3CEC5B62553E45348ABD0475E13113643A31
  Death	2 May 2017	Herington, Dickinson, Kansas, United States   [1]
  Burial	Ramona, Marion, Kansas, United States
  Person ID	I594788370	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Otto RIFFEL,   b. 9 Feb 1901, Antelope, Marion, Kansas, United States d. 16 Jun 1967, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Ida Elizabeth STRAUSS,   b. 23 Mar 1900, Chapman, Dickinson, Kansas, United States d. 2 May 1940, Ramona, Marion, Kansas, United States (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F536734883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elsie Rosetta Mae BROUHARD,   b. 9 Apr 1929, Kansas, United States d. 22 May 2022 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	1948	Hope, Kansas
  Children	1. Rodney E. RIFFEL   2. Valerie RIFFEL   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Lance RIFFEL   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Kevin RIFFEL   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F536734886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  OBITUARY for EdgarE.Riffel, nicknamed Ed; recent residence: Kansas City, MO. EdgarE. "Ed" Riffel, 90, of Herington, died Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at the Herington Municipal Hospital. He was born July 16, 1926, at Lost Springs, the son of Otto and Ida E. (Strauss) Riffel. Service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 6, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Herington, KS, with Pastor Mark Lovette officiating. Military committal will follow at the Lewis Cemetery, Ramona. The family will receive friends 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday evening, at the Zeiner Funeral Home-Herington Chapel. Mr. Riffel was a Pressman at the Salina Journal (1949-1954), and then later for the Kansas City Star (1954-1976), when he retired. He was a member of the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, Herington; member of the Clarey R. McClaren, American Legion Post #12; and life member of the D.A.V. He attended grade school, and high school in Ramona, with the class of 1944; he was drafted during his senior year because of World War II, when he went to serve in the U.S. Navy. (He later received an Honorary Diploma because of serving in WWII). He married Elsie Brouhard on Sept. 26, 1948, in Hope; she survives of the home. He is also survived by three sons, Rod Riffel (wife-Mary) of Rose Hill, Lance Riffel & Kevin Riffel (wife- Andy) of Wichita, daughter, Valerie Smith (husband-Phil) of Overland Park, 12 grandchildren, and 38 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by sister, Pearl Riffel Ulrich of Pigeon, MI; two step-brothers, Leonard Riffel of Ft. Worth, TX, and Perry Riffel of Valparaiso, IN; half sister, Madeleine Riffel Diekson of Allen, TX; and two step-sisters, Connie Riffel Lueker of Hosington, and Maureen Riffel Peterson of Burdick. He is preceded in death by his father, Otto Riffel, his mother, Eda Strass Riffel, two his step- mothers, Alma Hanschu Riffel and Erna Weber Riffel, sister, Melba Riffel Stiebe, and half- brother, Ivan Riffel. Memorials to the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church or the D.A.V.; and may be sent to the Zeiner Funeral Home-Herington Chapel, 404 S Broadway, Herington, KS, 67449-3038. To leave a special message for the family online, please visit www.zeinerfuneralhomes.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 26 Jul 2025), entry for Edgar Riffel, person ID P3BC-TJB. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 26 Jul 2025), entry for Edgar "Ed" Earl Riffel, person ID P3BC-TJB. (Reliability: 3).