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Ione Joy Key Riley
10 Sep 1919 – 28 Oct 2010
| Birth | 10 Sep 1919 |
| Death | 28 Oct 2010 |
| Cemetery | Cottonwood Cemetery Burwell , Garfield County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Starlight on 15 Mar 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60903716 |
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Ione J. Riley, 91, of Columbus, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, at the Columbus Community Hospital. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday at McKown Funeral Home in Columbus. The Rev. Murry Jay Johnston will be officiating. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday at McKown Funeral Home. Visitation continues Tuesday morning from 9:30-10:30 a.m. also at the funeral home. Graveside service will be 3 p.m. Tuesday at Cottonwood Cemetery in Burwell. Ione J. Riley was born Sept. 10, 1919, in Garfield County to Everett and Susie (Lytle) Key. She spent her early childhood in the Burwell area, then moving to South Dakota with her family, graduating from Winner South Dakota High School. As a young adult, Ione migrated to the San Francisco Bay area during WW II, working as a welder building Liberty and Victory transport ships. After WW II, she returned to the Nebraska Sandhills. In 1954, she moved her young family to Columbus, working in restaurants, cleaning homes, even ironing for other people among various jobs. Later on, she worked as the over-night dispatcher for the Columbus Police Department for 15 years. Prior to accepting the police dispatcher's position, she was head cook at Morys Haven for four years. Ione stated many times that she received great satisfaction helping the elderly at Morys. Ione spent her final year of life as a resident of Morys. For being a giving volunteer, Ione received the AkSarBen Good Neighbor Award in 1985. She is survived by: Son: Edward (Delpha) Riley of Carroll; daughter: Jerre (Carl) Ivey of Madison, Wis.; son: Daniel (Mary) Riley of Midland, Mich.; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by: Parents; infant daughter: Patty Riley; and sister: Doris Pitchall
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