Elvira Riley Joo
Sept. 3, 1930-Feb. 11, 1995
Elvira Riley Joo, 64, of 1003 Ontario Road, Niles, died at 7:56 p.m. Saturday , Feb. 11, 1995, of natural causes in the home of a daughter. She was born Sept. 3, 1930, in Michigan City. She married Donald J. Riley, who died Nov. 8, 1972. On Aug. 7, 1980, in Niles, she married William Joo. He survives with three daughters, Mary D. Sowers of Constantine, Sally Clements and Sandy Neldon, both of Niles; three sons, Donald J. Riley Jr. and Gerald L. Riley, both of Niles, and Bruce Colburn of Kalamazoo; a stepson, Michael Lashley of Kokomo, Ind.; 15 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A daughter, Eldonna Rose Riley Kelly, died Sept. 21, 1985. Mrs. Joo was a member of Fulkerson Park Baptist Church.
Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Pifer-Smith Funeral Home. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call one hour before services Tuesday in the funeral home.
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