Obituary of Wilma Dorothea Riffle

Visitation services for Wilma Dorothea Riffle, 88 of Troup, will be held from 4-6 pm on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Cottle Funeral Home in Troup. Wilma Dorothea Riffle passed away on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at TMF Hospital in Tyler. She was born on June 1, 1927 in Bochum, West Germany to the late Heinrich Christian Kiewsky and Theophile Slowinski Kiewsky. Wilma was a Lutheran and she enjoyed singing, oil painting, shopping, reading and keeping current on world affairs. Wilma is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, David E. Riffle, two sisters and one brother. Survivors include her daughter, Sylvia Adamson of Troup; son, Clark Edward Riffle & wife Reba of North Carolina; sister, Gisela Zimmerman & husband Heinrich of Germany; sister in law, Elsbeth Kiewsky of Germany; four grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Online registration and condolences are available at www.cottlefuneralhome.com