Patricia Riesland

Private family graveside services for Patricia Riesland, 86 year old Buffalo resident who passed away November 25^th at the Amie Holt Care Center in Buffalo, will be held by her family in Willow Grove Cemetery.  Donations in Pat’s memory may be made to the Amie Holt Care Center in care of the Harness Funeral Home at 351 N. Adams in Buffalo.  Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com

Patricia Annette Riesland was born on January 28, 1934 in Omak, Washington to Owen and Helen (Herrick) Churchill.  She spent her childhood and attended schools in Omak.  In 1953 she moved to Oakland, California where she met and Married Kenneth R. Riesland Jr. who was in the U.S. Navy at the time.  In 1954 they moved to Wyoming where they lived on the family ranch for a couple years before moving to Gillette.  They had a trucking business and hauled livestock.  They had four sons and Pat kept busy keeping the books and cooking for several hired men for many years.  In 1973 they moved to Buffalo, Wyoming where Pat worked for the Crossroads Inn for three years as a cashier hostess. Ken passed away in 1976 and Pat continued to live in Buffalo and worked for the IGA Grocery Store for seven years and later owned and operated her own clothing store for several years.  She moved back to Gillette in 1993 and in 1997 she went to work for AARP Senior Employment Program and was the manager of the Gillette office. She later moved back to Buffalo and was a resident at the Veteran’s Home of Wyoming and for the past year had lived at Amie Holt Care Center.

She is survived by four sons, Kenneth Riesland and his wife Janet of Clearmont, Wyoming, Jeffery Riesland of Orlando, Florida, Wesley of Riesland  of Midwest, Wyoming and Perry Riesland of Buffalo; one sister-in-law Anita; four grandchildren, Dustin, Levi, Raeanne and Taylor and three great-grandchildren, Vivienne, Colten and Dylan.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sisters and one brother. The family would like to thank the Veteran’s Home of Wyoming and Amie Holt Care Center for their loving care of their mother during her final years.