Arvilla Christena Riegel

Background

Riegel, Arvilla Christena was born on January 25, 1931 in Copeland, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Francis Milo Smith and Edwinnie Ethel (Wallace) Smith-Voss.

Education

Associate of Arts, Lamar (Colorado) Junior College, 1952; Bachelor of Science, U. Northern Colorado, 1961; Master of Science, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, 1977.

Career

Elementary teacher, Indiana District, Springfield, Colorado, 1949-1951; elementary teacher, Stonington (Colorado) District, 1952-1954; prim. teacher, Lakin (Kansas) Unified School District, 1962-1990; teacher Chapter I mathematics, Lakin (Kansas) Unified School District, 1990-1991; teacher Chapter I reading, Lakin (Kansas) Unified School District, 1991-1993; retired, Lakin (Kansas) Unified School District, 1993.

Politics

God seeks to transform relationship with and between people. If politics is about how we choose to live together and to treat one another, there is surely a place for discerning the activity of God in politics.

Views

Church members should meet regularly in order to be accountable to each other about how each person was living the Christian life.

Membership

Troop leader, advisor Brownie Scouts and Girl Scouts United States of America, Lakin, 1962-1994. Secretary, treasurer, vice president, president Prairie Winds Art Association, Lakin, 1985-1989. Secretary, vice president, president La Flora Garden Club, Lakin, 1986-1993.

Member High Plains Retirement Advisory Board, Lakin, 1988-1990. Member Lakin Teachers Association (president 1976-1978, secretary 1982-1983), Western Trailsto Reading (treasurer 1987-1988), Jobs Daus. (bethel guardian 1974-1978, advisor), Phi Delta Kappa (president Southwest Kansas chapter 1980-1982, president SouthWinds chapter 1984-1986, delegate 1987-1988, historian 1988-1990), Delta Kappa Gamma(Beta chapter secretary, vice president, president 1992-1994).

Interests

• Avocations: genealogy, reading, gardening, tatting, cross-stitching.

Connections

Married Bennie Lee Hyman, August 17, 1953 (deceased December 1957). Children: Linda Lee, Ramona June. Married Owen Alvin Riegel, June 27, 1964 (deceased November 1990).

Father:

Francis Milo Smith Smith-Voss

Mother:

Edwinnie Ethel (Wallace) Smith-Voss

Spouse:

Owen Alvin Riegel

Spouse:

Bennie Lee Hyman

child:

Linda Lee Riegel

child:

Ramona June Riegel