Baker City, Oregon
Veva “Sue” Hamblin Riding, 94, of Baker City, died Dec. 1, 2006, at Settler’s Park.
Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 S. State St., in Murray, Utah. Visitations will be at 10 a.m. Thursday.
She was born on March 19, 1912, at Milford, Utah, to Edwin Obed Hamblin and Josephine Milne Hamblin. She was the second of seven children.
She spent her youth at Barkley, Nev., and St. George, Utah. She married William E. Riding on Dec. 31, 1929. He died in 1975. The couple had three children. The family lived in several homes in Utah and Wyoming. Veva was always involved in those communities.
She was preceded in death by four brothers, Merlin, Duane, Frank and Lee; one sister, Edna; a son-in-law, Robert Balfour; a daughter-in-law, Anita Walton Riding; and four grandchildren.
Survivors include her children, Anthony Riding of Grace, Idaho, Margaret Ann Balfour of Baker City and Kenneth Riding of Cowen, W.Va.; nine grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to help pay funeral expenses.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, December 5, 2006
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor