Roy Wilford Riegle Explained

R. Wilford Riegle
Birth Date:27 April 1896
Birth Place:Lyons, Kansas, U.S.
Death Place:Emporia, Kansas, U.S.
State Senate:Kansas
District:15th
Term Start:January 12, 1953
Term End:January 9, 1961
Preceded:Bob George
Succeeded:Wade Alexander Myers
State Senate1:Kansas
Term Start1:January 14, 1941
Term End1:1943
Preceded1:William Carlisle Harris
Succeeded1:Selleck Warren
State House2:Kansas
District2:45th
Term Start2:January 9, 1933
Term End2:January 14, 1941
Preceded2:Edward Herbert Rees
Succeeded2:Felix Bruno Ross
Resting Place:Leavenworth National Cemetery
Education:Washburn University (BA, LLB, MA)
Kansas State Normal School
Party:Republican Party
Spouse:Keith Maria Roberts
Allegiance: United States
Battles:World War I

Roy Wilford Riegle (April 27, 1896 – February 2, 1988), known as Wilford, was an American attorney, politician and Member of the Kansas House of Representatives.

He met his future wife, Keith, while attending Kansas State Normal School during the 1910s. Before marriage, however, he was called to duty during World War I as part of the United States Army in Company L, 137th Infantry, 35th Division.

Aside from serving as the longest-practicing attorney in Lyons County, Wilford was a Republican member of both the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate for multiple terms.

Wilford was an initiated member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.[1] In 1973, he took office as the Grand Master of the Knights Templar (Freemasonry) both nationally and overseas.

After a series of strokes and declining health, Colonel Riegle died on February 2, 1988.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Distinguished Alumni . . November 28, 2023.
  2. Web site: Roy Wilford Riegle papers. 20 September 2012.