Herman August Rieck

Herman August Rieck is the son of Adolf William Rieck and Anna Dorthea Yeager (Jager). He was born 5 Dc 1901 in Primrose, Boone, Nebraska. He was married to Anna Minnie Maxwell. Together they had three children:

Gerald Robert Rieck
Born: 1 Feb 1922

Duane Herman Rieck
Born: 6 May 1927

The third died as an infant. I'm unsure as to what year that was.

Herman died 21 Sep 1961 in Cedar Rapids, Nebraska.

Nellie L. Delrimple

Nellie and Harold

Nellie L. Delrimple was the wife of Harold William Rieck. She was born on 27 Feb 1929. She and Harold never had any children. She died on 18 May 2003 in Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon. She's buring in the Eternal Hills Cemetery in Klamath Falls. The inscription on her headstone reads as follows:

Nellie L Rieck
In loving memory
30 year telephone pioneer with
Pacific Northwest Bell
Feb 27 1929
May 18 2003

Andrea Sue Rieck

Andrea Sue Rieck is the daughter of Elmon Eugene Rieck. Her mother, Patricia, is still living.

Andrea was born on 28 April 1956 in San Diego, San Diego, California.

She was married to Allan Lee Grant on 23 December 1975 in Rogue River, Jackson, Oregon. There marriage ended in divorce.

Andrea, her father, and her sister at her first wedding

Andrea married Dwight Culver in October of 1980. They had one child together, a girl. Andrea would eventually remarry Allan on 23 December 2001 in Silverton, Oregon.

She had a stroke in her early thirties. As a result, she could only paritally use the left side of her body. She was involved in volunteer work at the local hospital before she passed away. She died of a massive heart attack just before her 50th birthday. Her marker is in the Ashaland City Cemetery. She was cremated, and her ashes were scattered.

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Cora Emma Zimmer

In This Picture:

Front Left to Right: Jackson Edward Malone, Wilhelm Amil Rieck, Josephine Elizabeth Davis Malone holding Andrea Sue Rieck, Cora Emma Zimmer Rieck, I'm not sure who the others are

Cora Emma Zimmer is the daughter of August Zimmer and Jeanette L. McCord. She was born 2 February 1899 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa. She was married three times. She was married to Bill Feltie (I don't know when). She was also married to Guy Elbert Wallace on 6 July 1921 in Denmark, Lee, Iowa but their marriage ended in divorce. Lastly, she was married to Wilhelm Amil Rieck in September 1950 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada. Together they had two girls. Cora died 7 May 1977 in Central Point, Jackson, Oregon.

Mildred Lucille Cullen

Mildred and her sister, Doris

Mildred Lucille Cullen is the daughter of Walter Floyd Cullen and Suzie J. Heft. She was born 19 Feb 1906 in Cedar Rapids, Boone, Nebraska. On 20 Feb 1924, Mildred was married to Wilhelm Amil Rieck in Albion, Boone, Nebraska. Together they had three children:

Harold "Bud" William Rieck

Born: 6 Jun 1925

Elmon Eugene Rieck

Born: 3 Nov 1926

Wilma Lee Rieck

Unfortunately, their marriage ended in divorce. Mildred would later marry James (Jim) C. Bray. Together they had one child:

Susan Bray

From left to right: Patricia Rieck (wife of Elmon Eugene Rieck), Andrea Rieck, Jim Bray, Mildred Cullen Bray, and Suzie Heft Cullen in front

Mildred died in Jul 1975 in Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon. She is buried at the Eternal Hills Cemetary in Klamath Falls. Her death records can be found in the Oregon Death Index and in the Social Security Death Index.

Harold William Rieck

Harold and his wife, Nellie

Harold William Rieck is the son of Wilhelm Amil Rieck and Mildred Lucille Cullen. He was born 6 Jun 1925 in Primrose, Boone, Nebraska. He was married to Nellie Delrimple and they had no children. Harold died 10 Jan 1971 in Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon from a massive heart attack. He is buried in the Eternal Hills Cemetery.



Harold went by the name "Bud". He was a veteran of WWII where he served in the Navy. Below is a photo from his brother's wedding. Harold is the one all the way to the right standing next to his brother, Elmon.

Carl Johannes Rieck

Carl Johannes Rieck is the son of Karl August Rieck and Hulda Yenika (or Jenika). He was born on 4 Jun 1889 in Petersburg, Nebraska. He was married to Johannas Hayden at one point and Violet Lee at another. I'm not sure which one he was married to first. He died 20 Nov 1941 in Petersburg Nebraska.

Otto WIlliam Rieck

Otto William Rieck is the son of Karl August Rieck and Hulda Yenika (or Jenika). He was born on 5 Feb 1885 in Hamburg, Fremont, Iowa. He was married to Alma Workin on 18 May 1910. Otto died on 23 Oct 1970 in Chambers, Nebraska.

Gustof Rieck

Gustof Rieck is the son of Karl August Rieck and Hulda Yenika (or Jenika). He was born on 13 May 1883 in Hamburg, Fremont, Iowa. His wife's name was Blanche. They are buried together in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Nebraska. Their headstone can be viewed here. Gustof died 7 Aug 1963 in Albion, Boone, Nebraska.

Frieda Rieck

Frieda Rieck is the daughter of Karl August Rieck and Hulda Yenika (or Jenika). She was born on 9 Dec 1881 in Pommern, Prussia. She was married to James Rankin. Frieda died on 15 Jun 1968 in Albion, Boone, Nebraska. She is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Nebraska.

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Charles Rieck

Charles Rieck is the son of Karl August Rieck and Hulda Yenika (or Jenika). He was born in Pommern, Stettin Stadt, Germany. Unfortunately, he died as an infant while at sea.

Emil Thomas Rieck

Emil Thomas Rieck is the son of Karl August Rieck and Hulda Yenika (or Jenika). He was born on 21 Nov 1877 in Stettin, Germany. On 5 Aug 1903 he was married to Ellen Amelia Boden. Together they had six children:

Chris Rieck

Arthur Rieck

Vernon Rieck

LaRena Rieck

Albert Harold Rieck 18 Oct 1906

Ernest Littlton Rieck 11 Nov 1908

Emil died on 22 May 1948 in Albion, Boone, Nebraska. He is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery with his wife. Their headstone may be viewed here.

Max Emil Rieck

Max Emil Rieck is the son of Karl August Rieck and Hulda Yenika (or Jenika). He was born 10 Nov 1872 in Adamsdorf, Stettin, Prussia (a part of modern day Germany). He was married to Gertrude Magaret Yeager (or Jager). I currently have only one child on record for them:

Melvin Turner Rieck 30 Mar 1909

Max died on 1 Jan 1964 in Nebraska. He is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery with his wife. Their headstone can be viewed here.






According to the back of their headstone (shown below) they had four children. I'm not sure how Melvin fits in or if his name is really a mistake in my records. I've found him in the SSDI; however, I may have him linked to the wrong parents. The children listed on the back of Max's headstone are:

Lucille 11 Sep 1915-28 Oct 1928

Marie 16 May 1899-25 May 1917

Amanda 20 Nov 1900-26 Apr 1915

Albert 14 Apr 1902-30 May 1902

Hulda Yenika (Jenika)

Hulda Yenika (or Jenika) is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Yenika. She was born on 22 Jan 1850 in Pitzwarts, Poland or Pomerania. She was married to Karl August Rieck ON 12 Sep 1870 in Adamsdorf, Brandenberg, Prussia (part of modern day Germany). Together they had ten children:

Max Emil Rieck 10 Nov 1872

Adolf William Rieck 9 Jan 1875

Emil Thomas Rieck 21 Nov 1877

Charles Rieck

Baby Rieck Abt 1881

Frieda Rieck 9 Dec 1881

Gustof Rieck 13 May 1883

Otto William Rieck 5 Feb 1885

Miss Rieck Abt 1887

Carl Johannes Rieck 4 Jun 1889

Hulda died on 28 Apr 1915 in Albion, Boone, Nebraska. She is buried with her husband in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Their headstone can be viewed here and a closeup of her portion can be viewed here.

Karl August Rieck

Karl August Rieck is the son of Gottlieb Rieck and Mrs. Gottlieb Rieck. He was born 20 Jan 1850 in Brandenberg, Adamsdorf, Prussia. He was married to Hulda Yenika (or Jenika) on 12 Sep 1870 in Adamsdorf, Brandenburg, Prussia. Together they had ten children:

Max Emil Rieck 10 Nov 1872

Adolf William Rieck 9 Jan 1875

Emil Thomas Rieck 21 Nov 1877

Charles Rieck

Baby Rieck Abt 1881

Frieda Rieck 9 Dec 1881

Gustof Rieck 13 May 1883

Otto William Rieck 5 Feb 1885

Miss Rieck Abt 1887

Carl Johannes Rieck 4 Jun 1889

Karl died on 11 nov 1931 in Albion, Boone, Nebraska. He was buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery. He and his wife share a plot which can be viewed here. A close up of his portion of the gravestone can be viewed here.

Anna Dorthea Yeager (Jager)

Anna Dorthea Yeager (or Jager and pronounced yay-grr) is the daughter of Henry Yeager and Sophia Gertrud Grage. She was born 22 May 1880 in Gammendorf, Germany. She married Adolf William Rieck on 18 May 1898 in Primrose, Boone, Nebraska. Together, they had three children:

Wilhelm Amil Rieck 22 Sep 1899

Herman August Rieck 5 Dec 1901

Alfred Henry Adolph Rieck 29 Jan 1905

Anna died on 8 Nov 1960 in Primrose, Boone, Nebraska. She is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Albion, Boone, Nebraska.

Updated 10 Oct 2011

Adolf William Rieck

Adolf (or Adolph) is the son of Karl August Rieck and Hulda Yenika (or Jenika). He was born
9 Jan 1875 in Pommern, Stettin Stadt, Germany. He and his family left Germany when he was eight years old.

They travelled on the ship "Eider" and arrived in New York on the 25 April 1884. A little more background on the "Eider": It was in service from 1884-1892. It had 2 funnels and 4 masts. It was part of the North German Lloyd shipping line. A physical description is as follows:

Built by John Elder & CO., Glasgow, Scotland

Tonnage: 4,719

Dimensions: 430' x 47'

Single-screw, 17 knots

Compound engines

Four masts and two funnels

Iron hull

Adolf was married to Anna Dorthea Yeager (or Jager) on 18 May 1898 in Primrose, Boone, Nebraska, USA. Together they had three children:


Wilhelm Amil Rieck 22 Sep 1899

Herman August Rieck 5 Dec 1901

Alfred Henry Adolph Rieck 29 Jan 1905


Adolf died on 4 Jan 1962 in Primrose, Boone, Nebraska, USA. He is buried with his wife in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Albion, Boone, Nebraska.

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Wilhelm Amil Rieck

Wilhelm Amil Rieck (sometimes his first name is listed William and somtimes his middle name is spelled Emil. On his registration card for WWI he signed his name William Emil Rieck) is the son of Adolf (or Adolph) William Rieck and Anna Dorthea Yeager (or Jager). He was born on 22 Sep 1899 in Albion, Boone, Nebraska. On 12 Sept 1918 Wilhelm registered to fight in WWI. He was 18 at the time, lived with his family in Cedar Rapids, Boone, Nebraska, and worked for his father as a farmer. According to his registration card he was of medium height and medium build and he had brown hair and brown eyes.

He was married to Mildred Lucille Cullen on 20 Feb 1924 in Albion, Boone, Nebraska. Together they had 3 children:

From left to right: Elmon, Wilma, Harold

Harold "Bud" William Rieck
Born: 6 Jun 1925

Elmon Eugene Rieck
Born: 3 Nov 1926


Wilma Lee Rieck


Wilhelm and Mildred were later divorced. On 3 Aug 1942 he enlisted for WWII. According the enlistment records, he was enlisted in Portland, Oregon. His branch is listed as: Branch Immaterial- Warrant Officers, USA. His term of enlistment says: Enlistment for the duration of the war or other emergency, plu six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law. Other information on his registration card is as follows:

Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Highway Maintenance Man
Marital Status: Divorced without dependents
Height: 68
Weight 131

In September of 1950, Wilhelm married Cora Emma Zimmer in Reno, Washoe, Nevada. They had two girls. Wilhelm died on 13 Feb 1965 in Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon and was buried on 16 Feb 1965 in Klamath Memorial Park.

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Elmon Eugene Rieck

Elmon Rieck was the second child of Wilhelm Amil Rieck and Mildred Lucille Cullen. He was born on 3 Nov 1926 in Primrose, Boone, Nebraska. He died on 13 Feb 1993 of a cardiac arrest in Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon. During his life he served in the navy (during which he served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars). He was married to his wife (living) on 30 Oct 1952 in Ashland, Jackson, Oregon. Elmon and his wife had their first child, Andrea Sue Rieck Grant on 28 Apr 1956. Elmon would later divorce his wife and remarry her again on 4 Jul 1959 in Clark county, Nevada. The Riecks were blessed by the birth of another daughter (living). Elmon's wife and children are shown in the photo below. In recalling the life of her father, Elmon's youngest daughter has said the following. Anything in brackets is my own note: "He was a volunteer fireman in Klamath Falls. When he was younger he was in the rodeo and that is how he lost his teeth. He was helping to shoe a horse and it kicked him in the mouth. There used to be only one road between Klamath Falls and Medford or Ashland. It was a twisty road that everyone called "the green springs" . When daddy was a young man, and by the sound of it any time he wanted extra money, he would drive Klamath hay, the best in the valley, out over the green springs, to other cities. I always used to think that he didn't like me very well because of things like when we would drive over the green springs in our VW bug he would like to drive pretty fast and take the corners quickly. He would pretend to be a race driver. It would make me car sick and they would have to stop for me. Andrea would laugh at me and say, "do it again daddy do it again" She was the thrill seeker and I was afraid of heights and couldn't go on roller coasters, etc.

He always had some animal that he was raising once he got out of the Navy. He served in the navy for over 22 years. I remember once when he was home on leave I had a doctors apointment that I was going to have to leave school for. I was standing in the hall waiting for someone to come and pick me up when I heard the door at the end of the hall open and I could see someone stooping over a bit to get inside. My friend said, "my goodness! Who is that?" I smiled and said, "That's my dad." Daddy was always whistling some nonsense tune and chewing on a toothpick. After he retired he had a friend who had a field of alfalfa that said dad could cut it and use it for his cows. The man didn't want to be bothered with it. So every summer he would cut the hay and I would help him to put it in rows called "wind rows" so that it could dry. You had to come out every couple of days to turn the rows over so that it would dry evenly and not just get moldy. I don't know why or how but if it wasn't dry properly then the hay could start on fire in a barn and burn the whole thing down. Then when it was totally dry we would load in on the truck to take to the barn. Dad would throw the hay over the hay racks into the truck and I would walk back and forth over it whe whole time to try and pack it in a bit so we could get more in. Once the truck was loaded we would drive it to the barn, stopping along the way to get an RC cola. I would ride on the top of the pile in the back and sip my RC all the way. After unloading it we would start the whole process over again. It took a couple of weeks of working to get it done.Sometimes dad would have to get a little extra hay so he would order it and I would help him unload it and stack it in the barn. The bales were 75 pound bales. Can't do that anymore. Dad smoked all his life. His father came from Germany and he was on the Rodeo circuit so it was just something that happened. He was friendly and always had friends in the navy and out. His nick name was Slim. He was tall and slim and he hated being called Rieck (pronounced reek) he told people it was Rick because they called you by your last name in the Navy. He served in the Korean war and the Vietnam war. It was a blessing to be on the ships he was on because most of the action was on land but he had to work long and hard to keep things repaired and to help resupply ships etc. When he was home if I had a nightmare he was the first one to me. Always was. My dad really loved his brother and sisters. He also had a really good friend, Jack Neipp that we would go and visit all the time. They all lived in Klamath Falls so it was easy to see them all at once. Uncle Bud (Harold) and and his wife were a lot of fun. He died of a massive heart attack that literally ripped his heart in two. We used to make home made ice cream all the time with the Neipps. They had a boat and we would ride in in the river. One time Uncle Don told me and Andrea to get off of the edge of the boat because it wasn't safe and we were going to go under a bridge. Andrea refused to get down until the last minute and came close to getting smacked by the bridge. That was just her nature. She always wanted to see how close she could get to the edge. They had horses too and they were a lot of fun. (Elmon with his daughter, Andrea) My dad used to work on a farm when Stuart and Megan [her two eldest children and my brother and sister] were little. We called him grandpa with the cows and we would go and visit him and walk around to see all the cows. He helped to milk them and sometimes his hands would crack and bleed really bad from all the washing in the water and the cold wind blowing on them. He would always raise a cow for us to butcher for meat in the spring. It was good meat and it spoiled us for what we have to buy in the store today. One time though we were sitting at the table and daddy said, "boy tar baby sure tastes good!". That was the first time we realized we were eating our "pet" cow and after that we couldn't eat any of it. He was so mad. One time my mother made me something to eat and she wouldn't tell me what it was. Then she said, that was good wasn't it? I said ok so what was it? She said , " heart. I knew you wouldn't eat it if I told you." Since I'd had a heart operation I thought that was the cruelist thing to do to me [she had open heart surgery when she was 8]. Dad was always genrous and helped us out whenever we came to him in need. I loved him and he loved me too. It was just hard for us to show it. He was really devistated by Amanda's death [The Amanda mentioned here is Amanda Nicole Adams. She would have been the third child in my family but she was stillborn]. He couldn't understand why the doctors couldn't see anything wrong with an untrasound. What was wrong was not ultrasoundable. everything looked good when an ultrasound was done. Of course those are much clearer now than they were then. When his dad and his brother died he was really sad. I remember standing at the grave holding his hand. It was as if all the sadness of his soul was transferred over to me and I was so sad that I couldn't do anything about it. Dad had a cardiac arrest in October of 1992 which left him without oxygen to the brain for about 7 minutes. It caused blanks in his memory and he said and did some things that appeared strange to us as he had also suffured a stroke while on the resperator. Some of the things he told us were that he was planting ice cream, riding in rodeos with friends, or racing cars with friends. It bothered us that he didn't recognize us for awhile. But that soon went away. He appeared to be recovering and looked great. On the morning of February 13th he entered the bathroom of the foster home where he was staying to get ready to go to town with Amy, his grand daughter, and Pat, his ex-wife. While there he was taken quickly and quietly home to his Heavenly Father by suffering another cardiac arrest. In life he had many friends that he was close to. One of them was his cousin Forrest D. Cullen. They were almost like brothers and loved each other very much. Pat and Elmon divorced briefly and then remarried. They stayed married until 1975 although they continued to talk and attend family functions together. They remained friends and she even took care of him and helped him get to his doctor's appointments after his hospital stay." Elmon is buried in the Siskiyou Memorial Park in Medford, Jackson, Oregon.

A record of Elmon's death as well as his marriage to Pat the second time can be found on ancestry.com. To view them you must be a member of the site. He can also be found on findagrave.com

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