Edwin V. Riedy, 93, of Hope, died March 27 at Herington Municipal Hospital, Herington.

Born May 7, 1917, at Waverly, to Charles C. and Flora B. (Lorson) Riedy, he moved to Hope with his parents at the age of 2, attended Michigan District No. 45 grade school, and graduated from Hope High School in 1935.

He married Beatrice Silhan on Sept. 15, 1941, in Pilsen.

He was a farmer and stockman.

A son, Elden, died in November 2010. He was also preceded by a grandson; an infant great-grandson; his parents; three brothers, Joseph, Lawrence, and Raymond; and a sister, Mary Donnelly, preceded him in death.

Survivors include his wife, Beatrice “Betty” of Hope; three sons, Gary of Chapman, Glen of Hope, and Lyle of Topeka; three daughters, Joyce Martinez of Las Vegas, Carol Kellogg of Herington, and Linda of Smith Center; a brother; Charles of Hope; 17 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Phillip’s Catholic Church, Hope. Father Mark Wesely will officiate.

Burial will be in St. Phillip’s Catholic Cemetery.

Memorials have been established with the church and Herington Hospital Foundation in care of Carlson-Becker Funeral Home, Hope.