Posted by Cathy Gowdy on Friday, January 04, 2008 at 04:51:46 :
Independent Journal
Wednesday, January 23, 1980
Page 4
EDMUND B. RILEY
Memorial services for Edmund Burke Riley, a Mill Valley resident and former mayor of Yakima, Wash., will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in Corte Madera.
Riley, 96, died in his home early this morning.
A native of Wisconsin, Riley graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1907 and moved to Tacoma, Wash. He was elected county auditor of Yakima in 1920 and six years later was elected commissioner, Washington’s equivalent of a county supervisor.
In 1937 he became mayor of the town. In two terms as mayor, Riley served as president of the Association of Washington Cities.
After his service with the city, Riley became state director of the Employment Security Department and Veterans Rehabilitation Service.
Before his start in government, Riley served with the 339th Field Artillery division of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I.
He moved to Marin County 10 years ago where he was a member of the Holy Innocents Church.
Riley is survived by his wife, Margaret, of Mill Valley; two daughters, Margaret Hopkins of Concord and Patricia Kresge of Washington, D.C.; three sons, Burke and John Riley, both of Anchorage, and William Riley of Ross; 18 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
The family prefers memorial donations to Holy Innocents in lieu of flowers.
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