~ IN MEMORY ~
Mrs. Lillian Russell Riddell, widow of DL Capt. Ralph W.
Riddell
June 29, 1919 ~ February 4, 2018
Notification with the passing of Mrs. Lillian Riddell, age 98,
widow of Delta pilot Captain Ralph W. Riddell who passed in August 2008. Both
obituaries appear below.
To view/sign the online obituary and guestbook for Lillian,
please visit the funeral home website at
Services for Lillian are planned for this Saturday, February 17th in
Barrington, Illinois.
Thank you,
~ Carol for the PCN
Obituary................
Lillian Russell Riddell, 98, passed away on February 4, 2018.
She was born at home in Parkersburg, WV to Lily Violet and Charles Russell
Grimm, agent for the B&O Railroad. Lillian attended school in Cumberland,
MD and Cincinnati, OH. She received a scholarship to Denison University where
she was awarded Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year. She did postgraduate work in
sociology at the University of Chicago. Lillian was a member of the Association
of University Women and Alpha Xi Delta.
In 1942 Lillian married Lt. Ralph Riddell, an Army Air Corps
pilot stationed at Hondo, TX. After the war, the family moved to Chicago where
Capt. Riddell became a pilot for Delta C&S Airlines. Lillian served as PTA
president of both South Elementary School and Maine West High School while
living in Des Plaines. The family moved to Barrington in 1967 where they became
active in the Community Church of Barrington. Ralph passed away in 2008 after
66 years of marriage.
Lillian is survived by her sister, Margery Louise Hoffman;
sons, C. Randolph (Marion) Riddell of Houston, TX, Todd R. (Karen) Riddell of
Sierra Vista, AZ, and daughter, Catherine A. (Ted Bahora) Riddell of Hollow
Rock, TN, foster son, Randall (Barbara) Hecht of Atlanta, GA; grandchildren Mark
and Scott Riddell, Justin Swigert and Laurel Swigert Wike; and great
grandchildren, John R. and Louisa M. Riddell, Charlie and Finley Swigert, and
Kiera, Ryker and Journey Wike.
The service for Lillian will be held at 11:30am on Saturday,
February 17 at the Community Church of Barrington, 407 W. Grove Ave.,
Barrington, IL with visitation from 10:00am to 11:30am. A luncheon will follow
at the church and burial will take place at Windridge Memorial Park Cemetery,
Cary, IL. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Project Hope, www.projecthope.org , or the Community Church of
Barrington.
.............. Visitation at the Community Church
of Barrington from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM on February 17, 2018.
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Obituary............................ Capt. Ralph W. Riddell
January 27, 1917 ~ August 4, 2008
Hire date 04-08-1946, retired 1977 based
Atlanta......
Services for Ralph W. Riddell, 91, will be held
at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Community Church of Barrington, 407 W. Grove
Ave., Barrington, where he will lie in state from 10 a.m. until the time of
service at the church. The Reverend Zina Jacque will officiate. Burial will
follow at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, in Windridge Memorial Park Cemetery,
Cary.
Born Jan. 27, 1917, in Cincinnati, Ohio, he
passed away peacefully Monday, Aug. 4, 2008, in Wauconda.
Mr. Riddell was a graduate of Denison University
in Granville, Ohio, where he received a B.A. in physical education. He was a
member and past president of the Theta-Chi Fraternity and served in the Army Air
Corps in World War II. He was a pilot for Delta Airlines for 31 years from 1946
until his retirement in 1977. He coached high school sports and he enjoyed bird
feeding and horses. Survivors include his wife, Lillian R. (nee Grimm), whom he
married May 16, 1942, in Waco, Texas; his children, Charles Randolph (Marion)
Riddell of Houston, Texas, Todd Russell (Karen) Riddell of Pacific Palisades,
Calif. and Catherine Anne (Theodore Bahora) Riddell of Pueblo, Colo.; and
grandchildren, Mark and Scott Riddell, and Laurel and Justin
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