Baker City, Oregon
Edmond Rollie Rioux, 73, died Sept. 14, 2006, at his home in Baker City.
The rosary will be said at 6 o’clock tonight at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 4 p.m. Thursday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, First and Church streets. Father Camillus Fernando will officiate. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception after the memorial in the Parish Hall.
Rollie was born on Feb. 19, 1933, at Rapid City, S.D., to Oscar J. and Zetta M. Allen Rioux. He was the eighth of nine children.
He married Caroline Ehli on June 22, 1953, at Rapid City.
He joined the U.S. Army Engineers in 1952 and was honorably discharged in 1957. During this time he served in the Korean conflict.
Rollie worked most of his life with the Labors Union doing construction in South Dakota, California and Oregon doing construction.
Rollie was a devoted and supportive husband, father and grandfather. He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and enjoyed spending his free time fishing, woodworking and traveling.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Jasper, Ralph and Max; and four sisters, Florence, Lucielle, Rebecca and Rozie.
Survivors include his wife, Caroline M. Rioux; five children, DelRey A. Stone of Baker City, David A. Rioux of Baker City, Deborah C. Connors and her husband, John, of Brandon, Vt., Jerry E. Rioux and his wife, Terresa, of Winterhaven, Fla., and Rollie E. Rioux II and his wife, Mona, of St. James, Miss.; 13 grandchildren, Daniela Stone, David A. Stone, Jolynn M. Mendez and her husband, Aminto, Ashley R. Connors, Krista M. Connors, David A. Rioux, Robert E. Rioux, Krystle M. Rioux, Stephen D. Patten, Michael V. Patten, Kathrine R. Patten, John J. Rioux and David Molonderg; four great-grandchildren, Cody D. Hanson, Christopher M. Hanson, Jessica LeAnn Rioux and Rosalia K Mendez; brother, Jerry Joe Rioux of Rapid City, S.D.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or Disabled American Veterans through Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, September 20, 2006
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor