Joan K. Riley

Joan K. Riley, 76, of Mechanicsburg, died Sunday, November 9, 2014.
Born March 16, 1938 in Plymouth, NH, she was the daughter of the late Elmer Garfield and Dorothy Bradford Kelso and the widow of (Col. Ret.) Patrick Edward Riley, U. S. Army.
She was a 1956 graduate of Winslow High School in Winslow, ME. Joan attended the University of Maine, and was later a graduate of Katherine Gibbs School, Boston, MA. Joan enjoyed giving back to the many military communities she lived in through her volunteer work.
Surviving are daughter, Susan Miller (and husband, James) of White Haven; son, Patrick Edward Riley III of Gettysburg; two grandchildren, Kelso James and Austin Edward Riley of Gettysburg; and brother, John Kelso of Austin, TX.
Burial will be private and at the convenience of the family in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville.
Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 219 North Hanover Street, Carlisle is in charge of the funeral arrangements.
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