Obituary of Mildred G. Riordan

Mildred Gladney Riordan Funeral services for Mildred Gladney Riordan of Elsberry, MO were held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 27, 2007 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry, MO. Rev. Conrad Cheatham, pastor of Elsberry ARP Presbyterian Church in Elsberry, MO, officiated with burial at the Elsberry City Cemetery in Elsberry, MO. Pallbearers were Mike Parker, Larry Cordsiemon, Pat Fakes, David Fakes, Wesley Fakes and Leon Fakes. Honorary pallbearers were Bill Waggoner, Ernest Calvin, Don Bowers, Jesse Cox and Dale Galloway. Mrs. Riordan, 96, died early Thursday morning, May 24, 2007 at Elsberry Healthcare Center near Elsberry, MO. Born August 1, 1910 in Elsberry, MO, she was the daughter of Lemuel Thomas and Laura Gladney Baskett. She was a 1928 graduate of Elsberry High School. She also attended and graduated from Kirksville Teachers College in Kirksville, MO, earning a B.S. in Education. She attended graduate school at the University of Wyoming, Kirksville Teachers College and Washington University. She was united in marriage in 1947 in Elsberry, MO to Edward Dan Riordan. She was an elementary school teacher for many years in Elsberry, MO, Sterling, CO, and O'Fallon, MO, retiring in 1975. She was a member of the PEO Chapter-A1 in Elsberry, MO, Eastern Star, Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority, DAR in Sterling, CO Elbridge Geery Chapter-ABC. She was also a member of the Elsberry ARP Presbyterian Church in Elsberry. She was preceded in death by parents, Lemuel and Laura Baskett; two brothers: Walter Baskett and J.W. Baskett; two sisters: Anna Laura Trail and Nannie Houston; one step-daughter, Betty Irby; two nieces: Betty Jo Palmer and Mary Alice Houston; and her beloved husband of 18 years, Edward Riordan, who died in March of 1965. Survivors include one sister, Sarah Harrison of St. Charles, MO; one step-daughter, Bonnie Sajbel and her husband, Edward, of Pueblo, CO; three nephews: Tom Harrison of St. Charles, John Harrison of LaPlata, MO and Dr. Robert Trail of Oklahoma City, OK; two nieces: Edna Ann Waggoner of Elsberry, MO and Margaret Brucie Assaf of St. Louis, MO; several cousins, other relatives and many friends. Visitation was from 1:00 p.m. until time of service, Sunday, May 27, 2007 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry, MO. Memorials may be made to the Elsberry ARP Presbyterian Church in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 South Fifth Street; Elsberry, MO 63343.